Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2025

Obadiah Savoy Dillard v. the State of Florida

Obadiah Savoy Dillard v. the State of Florida
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided April 9, 2025

Obadiah Savoy Dillard v. the State of Florida

Opinion

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D2023-2443 _____________________________ OBADIAH SAVOY DILLARD, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Alachua County.

Phillip A. Pena, Judge.

April 9, 2025

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See McCray v. State, 71 So. 3d 848, 868 (Fla. 2011) (holding that the trial court could deny defendant’s request to proceed pro se and require that counsel represent uncooperative defendant who had history of disrupting the proceedings).

LEWIS, BILBREY, and WINOKUR, 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 Justin F. Karpf, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Michael Schaub, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

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