466 So. 2d 8 | Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | 1985
Finding that the chief administrative judge exceeded his administrative authority in ruling that the parties could not
In any event, the present record does not support denial of the right to self-representation. This case is unlike the situation in Shotkin v. Cohen, 163 So.2d 330 (Fla. 3d DCA), appeal dismissed, 163 So.2d 544 (Fla. 3d DCA 1964), in which the court prohibited self-representation to prevent abuse of court proceedings and interference with the orderly process of judicial administration. Here, there is absolutely no basis in the record to support a ruling by any judge denying the statutory right of self-representation.
We find no impropriety in the order to assign.
Certiorari granted as to the order requiring appearance through counsel and denied as to the order to assign.