G.E.F. v. State

SALCINES, Judge.

G.E.F., a juvenile, appeals his adjudication of delinquency and commitment following his plea of guilty for resisting an officer without violence. He asserts that the requirements of Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.165, concerning waiver of counsel, were not met. We agree and reverse.

The State filed a petition for delinquency charging G.E.F. with resisting an offi*952cer without violence for an offense occurring on June 24, 1999. G.E.F. and his parents appeared for G.E.F.’s detention hearing on July 15, 1999, before the juvenile division of the circuit court. When asked…