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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

D.A., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 4D02-2643.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    Dec. 11, 2002.
    Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Eunice T. Baros, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
    Richard E. Doran, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sandra R. Braverman, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauder-dale, for appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

Appellant, D.A., a juvenile, pled no contest to battery for striking another student. D.A. was adjudicated delinquent and was committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice for placement in a level six program. The State properly concedes error in that the trial judge failed to conduct a thorough and proper inquiry to determine appellant’s comprehension of the offer of appointed counsel prior to accepting appellant’s waiver of counsel. We reverse and remand this cause so that a new plea and disposition may be entered after a proper inquiry concerning the right to appointed counsel and appellant’s understanding thereof has been made. See State v. T.G., 800 So.2d 204 (Fla.2001); T.M. v. State, 811 So.2d 837 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002).

REVERSED and REMANDED.

FARMER, STEVENSON and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.