Nolan D. Bernard v. State

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED NOLAN DARNELL BERNARD, Appellant, v. Case No. 5D13-3701 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed December 5, 2014. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, John Marshall Kest, Judge. James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and George D.E. Burden, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robin A. Compton, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. PER CURIAM AFFIRMED. See State v. Craft, 685 So. 2d 1292, 1295 (Fla. 1996) (holding that after trial court follows procedure outlined in Nelson v. State, 274 So. 2d 256 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973), and denies motion to discharge counsel, court is not thereafter obligated to inform defendant of his or her right to self-representation absent an unequivocal request for self-representation). TORPY, C.J., LAWSON and LAMBERT, JJ., concur.

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