V.S.J. v. State

STRINGER, Judge.

V.S.J. challenges her delinquency adjudication and commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice (Department) for a period of five years. Because the trial court failed to adequately advise V.S.J. of her right to counsel and also faded to obtain a knowing and intelligent waiver of counsel prior to accepting V.S.J.’s plea, we reverse. Fla. R. Juv. P. 8.075(b)(2), 8.165(a).

V.S.J. pleaded no contest to one count of battery against her mother, and the State nol prossed a second count of battery on V.S.J.’s brother. Notes of the initial commitment management conference indicate…