00:00you're going to represent yourself. I file all the proper motions. Do you ever see lawyers
00:03argue with me like that? When this defendant chose to represent himself and repeatedly argued
00:07with the judge over missing evidence, the judge warned him that his behavior was putting his
00:11right to self-representation at risk. This is State of Florida versus Devontae McCoy, 24 CF,
00:172543, 24 CF, 2544. You can ask that an attorney be appointed to represent you. One will be
00:22appointed to represent you. No charge. You understand? Yes, sir. Do you still wish to
00:25represent yourself? Yes, sir. I was coming to address a couple of motions that I have based
00:29on evidence that was destroyed that I was requesting over this year period. Okay. What
00:33evidence is that? Video from the Septo gas station that doesn't exist. The body count from FHP and
00:39the body count from the A County SID. Judge, we've had this hearing five times already. Okay. I
00:43understand that. I'm just addressing it. Without this evidence, that's crazy to me and prepared
00:47for my trial. Okay. What evidence don't you have? Video from the Septo gas station. That's
00:51exculpatory evidence. I need that in order to defend myself. You couldn't get it? They didn't
00:54get it. They don't have to go get evidence if they don't have it. 100% had a video. I
00:58talked
00:59to the manager. She saved it in backup data. Why did you ask for it? I did. Okay. Did
01:02you get it? You need a court order and you denied it, Mr. Clark. That's what I've been
01:05ordered on. That's part of the record. So I'm going to deny that motion. What else are you
01:09asking for? My evidence to defend myself. I've already ruled on that evidence from the
01:12store. Why don't you deny me all the evidence? The body count from FHP. Well, you've got
01:16the FHP. No, he's just got one dash cam. That's not enough. I need the evidence to prove
01:21what I was trying to prove as far as my innocence. Judge, all the video in this case has been
01:25provided. Mr. McCoy requested the SID body cams. We reached out to SID. They did not have
01:30body cams at that time. We asked for any dash cams that were potentially used. There were
01:34undercover vehicles. There were no dash cams for the Bay County Sheriff's office. All
01:37the video that was involved in this case has been provided to Mr. McCoy. We've been over
01:41this four or five times. Motion denied. We set for trial win. So now I'm asking you,
01:46Mr. Clark, you don't believe that's prejudicing me by denying me this evidence. Or had this
01:50argued before? Anything else new? Anything else new? Okay, what about my motion for this private
01:55investigator? All right. Have you filed that paperwork? That's the problem you're representing
01:59yourself. Everything's been done. You have to. The only thing the court has to do is appoint her to my
02:02case. You have to notice JAC. It's done. Where? The court's response. Really can't expect me to go to
02:09trial by denying me my scopatory evidence. That's prejudicing me being biased. Denying me all my
02:14rights. We'll see you October 6th. There's going to be a mistrial. Okay. Can they deny me all my
02:18evidence? October 6th. You have to be able to, if you're going to represent yourself. I file all
02:22the proper motions. Do you ever see lawyers arguing with me like that? No, sir. Whether I'm right,
02:26whether they think I'm right or wrong, they don't argue with me. So that concludes the hearing.
02:30Look at everything you already done to me. Mr. McCoy, you're getting real close to not being able to
02:38represent yourself because you can't do it confidently. That's enough. All right, Mr. McCoy, bring it back.
02:42I don't want you to say a word, but I am going to tell you. Any more outbursts last night,
02:45you will not be able to
02:46represent yourself again. You understand? Take him out. All right, Mr. McCoy, I'm appointing the
02:51Office of Public Defender to represent you. I'm going to find that you are not confident to represent
02:54yourself. We're leaving in October.
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