Travis v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding reversible error occurred where the trial court failed to renew the offer of counsel prior to sentencing even though sentencing proceeded immediately after the dismissal of the jury
• “Sentencing is a crucial stage of a criminal proceeding, so that the offer of assistance of counsel must be renewed then, even if the defendant has previously waived counsel at other stages.”
• “Sentencing is a crucial stage of a criminal proceeding, so that the offer of assistance of counsel must be renewed then, even if the defendant has previously waived counsel at other stages.”
• characterizing as reversible error the trial court’s failure to renew the offer of counsel before 3 The supreme court and other courts sometimes use the term “critical” rather than “crucial.” See, e.g., Woodbury v. State, 320 So. 3d 631, 650–51 (Fla. 2021
• “Because the failure to renew the offer of counsel at the commencement of the sentencing hearing constitutes reversible error, Appellant is entitled to be re-sentenced after a proper Faretta inquiry”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Howard v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-08-26· cited 12×
• Ingraham v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-04-28· cited 10×
• Lewis v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-04-07· cited 2×
• Cleveland v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-03-04· cited 1×
• DOYLE L. SAMMONS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-03-01
• Cunningham v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-05-23
• Hinson v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-12-03
• Hinson v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-12-17

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Hardy v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-05-26· cited 18×
• Beard v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-03-24· cited 16×
• Parker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-03-09· cited 12×
• Kepner v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-09-28· cited 9×