Taylor v. State of Florida

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________

No. 1D2023-2490 _____________________________

RONNIE MICHAEL TAYLOR,

Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Bay County. Timothy Register, Judge.

September 11, 2024

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See McCray v. State, 71 So. 3d 848, 865–66 (Fla. 2011) (holding that a hearing under Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975), is unnecessary when a defendant makes an ambiguous statement about self-representation rather than an unequivocal request for self-representation); see also Waterhouse v. State, 596 So. 2d 1008, 1014 (Fla. 1992).

ROBERTS, BILBREY, and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Kathleen Pafford, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Benjamin L. Hoffman, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.