E.L. v. STATE

No. 97-00282.

720 So.2d 280 (1998)

E.L., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Megan Olson, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

E.L. challenges the denial of his request to withdraw his plea to violations of community control. Because E.L. never entered a plea that could be accepted pursuant to Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.080, we reverse.

Rule 8.080 imposes upon a trial judge the obligation to determine that the child's plea was made knowingly and voluntarily. To fulfill this obligation, the trial court must determine that the...

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