K.E.N. v. State

K.E.N. appeals an order by which she was adjudicated delinquent and committed to a high-risk residential program. Because the trial court failed to adhere to the requirements of Rule 8.165(b), Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure, regarding the *1177requirements under which a court may accept the waiver of a juvenile to the right of counsel, we reverse.

K.E.N. was placed on probation with the Department of Juvenile Justice for falsely reporting a bomb at school. When she was taken into custody for that offense, her book bag was searched and brass knuckles were found. She was additionally charged…