M.F. v. State

SILBERMAN, Judge.

M.F. appeals an order withholding adjudication of delinquency and placing him on probation for assault on a law enforcement officer. Because the trial court abused its discretion in denying the defense motion *1253for continuance, we reverse and remand for a new adjudicatory hearing.

At the beginning of M.F.’s adjudicatory hearing on November 2, 2004, M.F.’s counsel, Mr. Concepcion, told the trial court1 that he was not ready for trial and that M.F. had an appointment to meet with him on October 29, 2004, but that he did not show up for the appointment. Counsel stated, “Obviously,…