Bergeron v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Bergeron v. State

210 So. 3d 129, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 13926

CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida

DecidedSeptember 16, 2016

Docket2D15-3028

StatusPublished

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Bergeron v. State, 210 So. 3d 129, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 13926 (Fla. Ct. App. 2016).

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BLACK, Judge.

Sharese Bergeron appeals the order revoking her probation and the sentence subsequently imposed on her conviction for sale of cocaine. We affirm the revocation but remand for the trial court to enter a corrected order of revocation of probation accurately reflecting that Bergeron was found to have violated conditions 11 and 15 of her probation. We reverse Bergeron’s sentence because the trial court erred by failing to renew the offer of assistance of counsel to Bergeron before sentencing her.

Immediately prior to the hearing on the violation of probation, Bergeron requested to represent herself. The court conducted a Faretta 1 inquiry, found Bergeron’s waiver of counsel to be knowingly and voluntarily made, and allowed Bergeron to represent herself with counsel on standby. After finding Bergeron in violation of her probation, the court immediately proceed *130 ed to sentence her without offering Bergeron the assistance of counsel. This was error. See Parker v. State, 137 So.3d 593, 594 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014); Serrano v. State, 113 So.3d 895, 896 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012); see also Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.111(d)(5). As a result, we reverse Bergeron’s sentence and remand for resentencing.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with instructions.

MORRIS and SLEET, JJ., concur.

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. Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975).

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BLACK, Judge.

Sharese Bergeron appeals the order revoking her probation and the sentence subsequently imposed on her conviction for sale of cocaine. We affirm the revocation but remand for the trial court to enter a corrected order of revocation of probation accurately reflecting that Bergeron was found to have violated conditions 11 and 15 of her probation. We reverse Bergeron’s sentence because the trial court erred by failing to renew the offer of assistance of counsel to Bergeron before sentencing her.

Immediately prior to the hearing on the violation of probation, Bergeron requested to represent herself. The court conducted a Faretta 1 inquiry, found Bergeron’s waiver of counsel to be knowingly and voluntarily made, and allowed Bergeron to represent herself with counsel on standby. After finding Bergeron in violation of her probation, the court immediately proceed *130 ed to sentence her without offering Bergeron the assistance of counsel. This was error. See Parker v. State, 137 So.3d 593, 594 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014); Serrano v. State, 113 So.3d 895, 896 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012); see also Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.111(d)(5). As a result, we reverse Bergeron’s sentence and remand for resentencing.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with instructions.

MORRIS and SLEET, JJ., concur.

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. Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975).

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