J.D.F. v. State

COVINGTON, Judge.

J.D.F. appeals the trial court’s order adjudicating him delinquent and committing him to the Department of Juvenile Justice. The trial court’s order was entered after J.D.F. had admitted violating probation and had accepted negotiated pleas to sexual battery on a child less than twelve years of age and to petit theft. We reverse.

After the trial court accepted J.D.F.’s pleas, it held a separate disposition hearing. At the start of the hearing, J.D.F.’s counsel advised the trial court that J.D.F. wished to withdraw his pleas based on allegations that she misled him regarding…