L.L.H. v. State

The defendant, L.L.H., a juvenile, appeals from an order granting the State’s motion to vacate his plea and terminating juvenile proceedings. The trial court ruled the defendant’s guilty plea must be set aside as the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because no delinquency petition had been filed charging a juvenile offense.

The defendant was taken into custody as a result of an order to take into custody issued by the juvenile court pursuant to an arrest affidavit. This order gave as the reason “trafficking in cocaine.” The defendant was taken into custody, held in secure detention…