Case Name: Cleophus HOFFMAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-10-10
Citations: 796 So. 2d 1214
Docket Number: No. 3D00-3527
Parties: Cleophus HOFFMAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before COPE and GERSTEN, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 796
Pages: 1214–1214

Head Matter:
Cleophus HOFFMAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D00-3527.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 10, 2001.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Maria E. Lauredo and Robert God-frey, 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.

Opinion:
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 counsel, and the record indicates that the appellant did not. We reverse the convictions and remand for a new trial.
Reversed and remanded.
Nelson v. State, 274 So.2d 256 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973).