A.M. v. Commonwealth

OPINION

DIXON, Judge.

This Court granted discretionary review of an order of the Whitley Circuit Court denying Appellant’s motion for a belated appeal that was filed after the circuit court sua sponte dismissed Appellant’s direct appeal from the district court. We now reverse and remand the matter to the trial court.

On April 29, 2004, A.M., a minor, was charged in the Whitley District Court with being a habitual truant and being beyond the control of his mother. On May 4, 2004, A.M. appeared and entered a plea of not guilty. He was thereafter placed on house arrest pending adjudication of the…