Legal Opinion

Diaz v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 26, 1990No. Nos. 89-305, 89-1408PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

Rejecting the appellant’s sole claim of error in his conviction of first degree murder and related crimes, we conclude that *200the grounds he asserted in support of his second application for discharge and replacement of his court appointed counsel1 were patently insufficient to require the extended court inquiry the denial of which he now challenges. Johnson v. State, 560 So.2d 1239 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990); Smelley v. State, 486 So.2d 669 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986). The motion was therefore properly denied.

The trial judge retained jurisdiction to “veto” parole for one-third of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  2. Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  3. Smelley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  4. Marshall v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  5. Diaz v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. ArduengoDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
  2. Thomas v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993

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