HOFFMAN V. STATE

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DISPOSED OF. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, A.D. 2001 CLEOPHUS HOFFMAN, ** Appellant, ** vs. ** THE STATE OF FLORIDA, CASE NO. 3D00-3527 ** Appellee. ** LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 00-14393 Opinion filed October 10, 2001. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Jerald Bagley, Judge. Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Maria E. Lauredo and Robert Godfrey, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant. Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Linda S. Katz, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. Before COPE and GERSTEN, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior Judge. PER CURIAM. Although the trial court conducted a Nelson inquiry,* it is not clear that the trial court ever squarely confronted the question whether appellant had received effective assistance of * Nelson v. State, 274 So. 2d 256 (Fla. 2d DCA 1973). counsel, and the record indicates that the appellant did not. reverse the convictions and remand for a new trial. Reversed and remanded. 2 We

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