Supreme Court of Florida

Juveniles pleading guilty or no contest may directly appeal an involuntary plea only by preserving it with a motion to withdraw the plea in the trial court, but the requirement does not apply where the juvenile did not have counsel and did not waive the right to counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/25/2001
• Published 10/25/2001

Judges

• QUINCE, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Belle B. Schumann, David H. Foxman, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Susan A. Fagan, Assistant Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent.