K.J. v. State

Full title: K.J., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee.

Court: Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Date published: Apr 25, 2012

84 So. 3d 1285 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

Opinion

No. 3D11–1771.

04-25-2012

K.J., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender and Billie Jan Goldstein, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Chief Assistant Attorney General Assistant and Patrick C. McCardle, Certified Legal Intern, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender and Billie Jan Goldstein, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Chief Assistant Attorney General Assistant and Patrick C. McCardle, Certified Legal Intern, for appellee.

Before RAMIREZ and EMAS, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

ON CONFESSION OF ERROR

PER CURIAM.

On this appeal from a restitution order entered after a plea to burglary, the State concedes, and we agree, that the trial court reversibly erred in failing to grant a brief continuance so that the assistant public defender assigned to the case could appear and instead forcing the respondent to be represented by two other assistants who were entirely unfamiliar with the case. See M.F. v. State, 920 So.2d 1252 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006). Accordingly, the order under review is reversed for a new restitution hearing.¹

1 This holding moots the other issues raised on appeal.
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Reversed and remanded.