CURTIS BIGHAM, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure, 894 So. 2d 875 (Fla. 2005)
  …t even absent a motion to withdraw a plea, failure to advise a juvenile of right to counsel in accordance with rule 8.165 is reviewable and correctable on appeal and finding that the denial of counsel constituted fundamental error); F.K.H. v. State, 841 So. 2d 645 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003) (reversing and remanding a determination of delinquency and placement of juvenile on probation where trial court failed to inquire into juvenile’s waiver of counsel at the plea hearing and failed to renew an offer of counsel at th…
• C.V. v. State, 915 So. 2d 664 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005)
  …ly and intelligently, and (3) determine whether any unusual circumstances existed which would preclude [the juvenile] from exercising his right to represent himself.” G.L.D. v. State, 442 So. 2d 401, 404 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983); see also F.K.H. v. State, 841 So. 2d 645 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003). At the time of C.V.’s arraignment, the trial court accepted C.V.’s oral waiver of counsel and admission to the charges. However, the court did not inform C.V. of the benefits he would relinquish, did not warn him of the danger…

Authorities Cited

• Heggs v. State, 759 So. 2d 620 (Fla. 2000)