Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-10 14:03:43.203693+00
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
                        SECOND DISTRICT

                     NICHOLAS ARNOLD SCHOCK,

                                Appellant,

                                     v.

                          STATE OF FLORIDA,

                                  Appellee.

                              No. 2D23-661

                              April 10, 2024

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Sarasota County; Rochelle Curley and
Thomas W. Krug, Judges.

Nicholas Arnold Schock, pro se.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Taylor A. Schell,
Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

VILLANTI, Judge.
     Nicholas Arnold Schock appeals his judgment and sentences
following a no contest plea to felony battery, disorderly conduct, and
exposure of sexual organs. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 4(b)(1),
Fla. Const. We affirm the judgment and sentences and write only to
explain why we disagree with the State's concession of error.
      The State concedes that the trial court violated Schock's due
process rights by failing to offer to appoint conflict-free counsel after he
filed a motion to withdraw plea pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal
Procedure 3.170(l) because a motion to withdraw plea is a critical stage
in the proceedings. See Smith v. State, 849 So. 2d 485, 485–86 (Fla. 2d
DCA 2003). However, Schock did not raise this argument in his initial
brief. Nor did he raise it in his amended initial brief after being put on
notice of the issue in the State's answer brief. See Rosier v. State, 276
So. 3d 403, 407 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019) (citing M.S. v. Dep't of Child. &
Fams., 210 So. 3d 147, 152 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016)). Because Schock did
not address this issue in his briefs, even after having been placed on
notice of it, the issue is deemed waived or abandoned. See Menchillo v.
State, 350 So. 3d 136, 139 n.1 (Fla. 2d DCA 2022).
      Affirmed.
KHOUZAM and LABRIT, JJ., Concur.

Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.

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