Case Name: Ivan Ramond RICHARDSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2017-11-08
Citations: 229 So. 3d 446
Docket Number: CASE NO. 1D16-4778
Parties: Ivan Ramond RICHARDSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: B.L. THOMAS, C.J., and OSTERHAUS and WINSOR, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 229
Pages: 446–446

Head Matter:
Ivan Ramond RICHARDSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
CASE NO. 1D16-4778
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Opinion filed November 8, 2017
Andy Thomas, Public Defender, and A. Victoria Wiggins, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Steven E. Woods, Assistant Attorney General, and Thomas H. Duffy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Ivan Richardson appeals the trial court's finding that he violated probation and the resulting prison sentence. Richardson represented'himself for both the VOP hearing and the sentencing hearing held immediately after. While the court conducted a sufficient Faretta inquiry before the violation hearing, it failed to renew the offer of counsel before sentencing. Therefore, we vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing. See Cuyler v. State, 131 So.3d 827, 828 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014) ('While a full Faretta inquiry need not be conducted at every stage of criminal proceedings, once counsel has been waived under Faret-ta, the offer of assistance of counsel must be renewed by the court at each critical stage of the proceedings . Sentencing is a critical stage of a criminal proceeding.").
REVERSED and REMANDED.
B.L. THOMAS, C.J., and OSTERHAUS and WINSOR, JJ., CONCUR.
Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975).