Case Name: Franklin BAIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2016-06-29
Citations: 194 So. 3d 573
Docket Number: No. 3D14-2946
Parties: Franklin BAIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before ROTHENBERG, EMAS, and FERNANDEZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 194
Pages: 573–573

Head Matter:
Franklin BAIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D14-2946.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 29, 2016.
Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Jay E. Silver, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before ROTHENBERG, EMAS, and FERNANDEZ, JJ.

Opinion:
ROTHENBERG, J.
The defendant, Franklin Bain, challenges his convictions and sentences for armed sexual battery and false imprisónment- while in possession of a deadly weapon, arguing that the trial court failed to conduct an adequate Faretta hearing before allowing him to discharge his attorney and proceed pro se. Based on the record, which reflects, that the1 trial court conducted a very thorough Faretta inquiry which: (1) addressed.the defendant's.comprehension ' of the . offer of assistance of counsel; (2) addressed the defendant's "capacity to make a knowing and intelligent waiver"; '(3) "advise[d] the defendant of the disadvantages and dangers of self-representation; .and (4) demonstrated that the defendant's "waiver [was] knowing and intelligent," we affirm. See Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.111(d)(2).
Affirmed.
. Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975).