L.D.S. v. State

DANAHY, PAUL W., (Senior) Judge.

L.D.S. appeals from the order that adjudicates him to be a delinquent child. Because the trial court failed to hold a plea colloquy to determine whether L.D.S.’s plea was knowingly and voluntarily entered, we reverse and remand for a new adjudicatory hearing.

The State charged L.D.S. with two counts of sexual battery on a child younger than twelve years of age when L.D.S. was under the age of eighteen. L.D.S. signed a conditional plea of no contest to the charges. The printed agreement states, *549“plea in abeyance,” “status conf[erence] in 60 days,” and “Walker…