Case Name: Melissa MATUCHA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-11-12
Citations: 125 So. 3d 362
Docket Number: No. 1D13-3185
Parties: Melissa MATUCHA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WETHERELL, SWANSON, and OSTERHAUS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 125
Pages: 362–362

Head Matter:
Melissa MATUCHA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D13-3185.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Nov. 12, 2013.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Richard M. Bracey, III, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Jay Kubica, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Consistent with the state's concession of error, we conclude that the denial of the right to self representation based on a finding that the defendant is incapable of representing herself requires reversal. Kearse v. State, 858 So.2d 348, 349 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003). Accordingly, the judgment and sentence is reversed and this cause is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
WETHERELL, SWANSON, and OSTERHAUS, JJ., concur.