LARON A. MINGO, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By (11 total)

• Milkey v. State, 16 So. 3d 172 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009)
  …t 92-93. When a trial court conducts a Nelson inquiry, the appellate court applies an abuse of discretion standard to determine whether the Nelson inquiry was adequate. Augsberger v. State, 655 So. 2d 1202, 1204 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995); Wilson v. State, 889 So. 2d 114, 118-19 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004). However, we have held that a trial court’s failure to conduct any preliminary Nelson inquiry in response to a defendant’s wishes to discharge court-appointed counsel is a structural defect constituting reversible error.…
• Jabez Boaz v. State, 135 So. 3d 506 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014)
  …a, alleging he thought he could receive probation. The trial court heard the motion to withdraw the plea but did not conduct a Nelson hearing. We review a trial court’s conduct regarding a Nelson hearing for an abuse of discretion. Wilson v. State, 889 So. 2d 114, 117 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004) (citing Moore v. State, 778 So. 2d 1054, 1056 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001)). A trial court must conduct a Nelson hearing only when a defendant’s actions satisfy a three-prong test: “the defendant makes a ‘clear and unequivocal’ stat…

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• Bonet v. State, 937 So. 2d 209 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006)
  …ach of Bonet’s concerns and then properly found trial counsel competent to proceed. See Nelson v. State, 274 So. 2d 256, 258-259 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973).1 On the record before us, no [*211] abuse of discretion has been demonstrated. See Wilson v. State, 889 So. 2d 114, 117-118 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004), citing, Moore v. State, 778 So. 2d 1054, 1056 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001). Accordingly, the three direct criminal contempt convictions are reversed and remanded for proceedings mandated by Rule 3.830; Bonet’s convictions for a…

Authorities Cited

• Denhart v. Dugger, 567 So. 2d 1041 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990)