Case Name: Paul Timothy NEWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-02-10
Citations: 651 So. 2d 716
Docket Number: No. 93-2872
Parties: Paul Timothy NEWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: HARRIS, C.J., and GRIFFIN and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 651
Pages: 716–717

Head Matter:
Paul Timothy NEWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 93-2872.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Feb. 10, 1995.
Rehearing Denied March 16, 1995.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Daniel J. Schafer, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Kristen L. Davenport, Asst, Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the convictions and sentences of defendant, Paul Timothy Newell ["Newell"]. The record shows that the lower court deemed Newell's complaints about his counsel at the inception of the trial to have been untimely. Speedy trial had run and the jury had been impaneled. The defendant refused to waive his rights under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.191. Dukes v. State, 503 So.2d 455 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987). It was not reversible error to fail to conduct a Nelson inquiry at the stage in the proceeding that the complaint was lodged. Given the procedural posture of the case and the fact that speedy trial had expired, it was unclear whether the court could have given any Nelson relief. If, in fact, defendant's counsel had not properly prepared for trial, appellant has recourse to post-conviction remedies for ineffective assistance of counsel.
AFFIRMED.
HARRIS, C.J., and GRIFFIN and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.
. We see no merit in the defendant's attack on his habitual violent offender sentence.
. Nelson v. State, 274 So.2d 256 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973).