Palmer v. State

RAWLINS, ROBERT W., JR., Associate Judge.

Appellant, Lyle Wolf Palmer, appeals his conviction after a jury trial, of sexual battery, robbery, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Palmer contends that the trial court should have granted him a continuance until the public defender who had represented him prior to trial could be present for the trial or, in the alternative, that the court should have allowed him to represent himself. We hold that under the circumstances it was an abuse of discretion for the court to refuse to grant a continuance. We reverse.

On the morning of Palmer’s…