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Davis v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 3, 2009No. 5D07-2428PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCohen, J.

Alan W. Davis challenges the revocation of his community control and five-year prison sentence for his 2003 convictions related to illegally dumping litter and maintaining a public nuisance. We agree that the trial court’s truncated Faretta 1 inquiry did not conform to the standards enunciated in Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.111(d), and therefore reverse.

All of Davis’ legal troubles stem from charges filed in February 2001 for illegally dumping litter, a third-degree felony, and related misdemeanor offenses. A jury found him guilty, and the trial court originally sentenced him to a…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. State v. CrisafiSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1992
  3. United States v. Clifford Bailey, United States of America v. Ronald Clifton Cooley, United States of America v. Ralph WalkerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
  4. Tennis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008
  5. Waterhouse v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  2. Wilson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011
  3. Birlkey v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017
  4. Jeffry R. Dickerson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017
  5. ERSKINE MCKINLEY v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019

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