District Court of Appeal of Florida

An adjudication of delinquency for possession of cannabis, possession of drug paraphernalia, escape, resisting or obstructing an officer with violence, and trespass is reversed and remanded where the trial court fundamentally erred in failing to conduct a thorough inquiry concerning juvenile's comprehension of an offer of counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/09/2007
• Published 02/09/2007

Judges

• CANADY, Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Steven L. Bolotin, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Donna S. Koch, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.