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Damien D. Freeman v. State of Florida

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT DAMIEN D. FREEMAN, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D09-4008 ) STATE OF FLORIDA, ) ) Appellee. ) ) Opinion filed February 11, 2011. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; D. Michelle Sisco, Judge. Damien D. Freeman, pro se. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Helene S. Parnes, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. VILLANTI, Judge. Damien D. Freeman appeals the denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, raising seven grounds for relief. We hold that the postconviction court erred when it failed to hold a Faretta1- type hearing after Freeman sought to represent himself at the evidentiary hearing on 1Faretta v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Florida Criminal Law Opinions on February 11, 2011 (boomark / email).