Harden v. State
Harden v. State
Opinion of the Court
Reversed on authority of Hicks v. State, 452 So.2d 606 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984).
Concurring Opinion
concurring only in the reversal.
I concur in the reversal because it was error for the trial court to proceed as it did. However, I disagree with the analysis and “per se” rule adopted in Hicks v. State, 452 So.2d 606 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984), for all of the reasons recited in my concurring and dissenting opinion in Hooper v. State, 452 So.2d 611 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984), which I need not repeat here.
Whatever the Supreme Court of Florida decides, I hope it will resolve the conflicts between the district courts of appeal at an early date becaue of two important con
Concurring Opinion
concurring specially.
In addition to the compelling policy considerations set forth in Hicks v. State, 452 So.2d 606 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984), it is important to note that in Florida imposition of sentence is withheld when a defendant is placed on probation. See § 948.01(3), Fla. Stat. (1983). Consequently, Florida’s method of processing probation revocations is factually indistinguishable from that described in Mempa v. Rhay, 389 U.S. 128, 88 S.Ct. 254, 19 L.Ed.2d 336 (1967), and, therefore, I believe that appointment of counsel is constitutionally mandated. See In re Wentworth, 17 Wash.App. 644, 564 P.2d 810 (1977).
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