S.S. v. State

GREEN, Judge.

Appellant, S.S., timely presents several points on appeal, one of which requires reversal and, therefore, relieves us of the necessity of considering the remaining points.

S.S. was charged with battery and appeared for arraignment. The trial judge failed to advise him concerning his right to counsel for representation at arraignment before she accepted a plea of guilty to the charge. The judge did advise S.S. he had a right to counsel in the event he went to trial, and the judge accepted a form signed by S.S. and his mother wherein it was asserted, under oath, that S.S. was…