Combs v. State

BLACK, Judge.

Charles Combs was convicted of two counts of robbery with a mask. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of thirty *566years in prison as a prison releasee reof-fender. Because we conclude that the trial court failed to conduct a Faretta1 hearing following Combs’ unequivocal request to represent himself, we must reverse. Our resolution renders all but one of Combs’ remaining six issues moot.

On December 16, 2011, the trial court held a hearing to address Combs’ motion to dismiss counsel and to revisit his notice of intent to use reverse Williams2 rule evidence. Following the denial of…