FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D2024-0724 _____________________________ ELDON EUGENE NIX, JR., Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Bay County.

Brantley S. Clark, Jr., Judge.

February 12, 2025

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Noetzel v. State, 328 So. 3d 933, 949 (Fla. 2021) (holding that “[b]ecause competent, substantial evidence supports the trial court’s finding that Noetzel’s waiver of the right to counsel was knowing, voluntary, and intelligent under Faretta, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting Noetzel’s request for self-representation”).

KELSEY, NORDBY, and LONG, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Tyler Kemper Payne, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Damaris Reynolds, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.