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V.S.J. v. STATE

No. 2D00-3890.

793 So.2d 104 (2001)

V.S.J., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 17, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Timothy J. Ferreri, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jenny S. Sieg, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

STRINGER, Judge.

V.S.J. challenges her delinquency adjudication and commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice (Department) for a period of five years. Because the trial court failed to adequately advise V.S.J. of her right to counsel and also failed to obtain a knowing and intelligent waiver of counsel prior to accepting V.S.J.'s plea, we reverse. Fla. R. Juv. P. 8.075(b)(2), 8.165(a).

V.S.J. pleaded no contest to one count of battery against her mother...

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