J.B. v. State

CONFESSION OF ERROR

Appellant, J.B., was represented by counsel when he entered a plea of nolo contende-re to charges of trespass and petit theft. However, at the disposition hearing, appellant waived his right to counsel prior to being adjudicated delinquent.

During a brief colloquy the court offered appellant a lawyer free of charge and informed him of the difficulties of appealing from any judgment or sentence. However, appellant was not advised of the disadvantages of self-representation and the possible sentencing dispositions which spanned from a withhold of adjudication to secure…