Case Name: Arthur Lee HUGHES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-09-11
Citations: 700 So. 2d 647
Docket Number: No. 89,919
Parties: Arthur Lee HUGHES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: KOGAN, C.J., and OVERTON, GRIMES, HARDING, WELLS and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 700
Pages: 647–647

Head Matter:
Arthur Lee HUGHES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 89,919.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Sept. 11, 1997.
Glen P. Gifford, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Stephen R. White, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Opinion:
SHAW, Justice.
We have for review Hughes v. State, 686 So.2d 710 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996), wherein the court certified:
Once a trial court has determined that a defendant has knowingly waived his or her right to counsel, may the court nonetheless require the defendant to be represented by counsel because of concern that the defendant might be deprived of a fair trial if tried without such representation?
Id. at 710. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We have since answered this question in the negative. See State v. Bowen, 698 So.2d 248 (Fla. 1997). We quash Hughes.
It is so ordered.
KOGAN, C.J., and OVERTON, GRIMES, HARDING, WELLS and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur.