RIDCLIFF J. FORBES, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Lonzo Thomas Carter v. State, 22 So. 3d 793 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009)
  …the rule 3.170(i) motion, and considering that the defendant’s allegations were not conclusively refuted by the record, the trial court should have appointed conflict-free counsel on the defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea. See Nelson v. State, 18 So. 3d 1190, 1191-92 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009). Given the foregoing, we reverse the open-court denial of the oral motion to withdraw the plea and remand for the trial court to effectuate the defendant’s right to conflict-free representation. REVERSED and REMANDED.…
• Archie v. State, 176 So. 3d 364 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015)
  …entation, or coercion “and the allegations are not conclusively refuted by the record, the trial court is required to hold a limited hearing” to determine whether an adversarial relationship exists between the defendant and counsel. Nelson v. State, 18 So. 3d 1190, 1191 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009). If the trial court is not required to appoint conflict-free counsel under Sheppard, then “its only option is to strike the [pro se pleading] as a nullity.” Id. The trial court’s order in the present case cited Sheppard and…

Authorities Cited

• Perry v. State, 935 So. 2d 554 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006)