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Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1995

Forbes v. State

Forbes v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 1, 1995 · Green, Nesbitt, Schwartz
650 So. 2d 704; 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 1982; 1995 WL 79891 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Forbes v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Because the “record affirmatively shows that defendant was literate, competent, and understanding, that he was voluntarily exercising his informed free will, and that the court made it explicitly clear that it thought defendant was making a mistake in refusing to accept the appointment of counsel,” Jones v. State, 449 So.2d 253, 257 (Fla. 1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 893, 105 S.Ct. 269, 83 L.Ed.2d 205 (1984), we reject the appellant’s contention that the trial court’s Faretta1 inquiry was reversibly insufficient.

Affirmed.

. Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975).

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