A.M.E. v. State

DAVIS, Judge.

A.M.E. challenges the trial court’s disposition order, adjudicating her delinquent on charges of burglary of an occupied dwelling and petit theft and committing her to a moderate risk facility until her nineteenth birthday. We reverse.

Two days after A.M.E. was alleged to have committed the burglary and petit theft, she appeared at a hearing with her mother. No counsel appeared on her behalf. At this hearing A.M.E. waived her right to counsel, signed a written waiver of counsel, and entered a guilty plea. A.M.E.’s mother also signed the written waiver. A.M.E. returned to court on…