Case Name: A.L., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-04-09
Citations: 841 So. 2d 676
Docket Number: No. 4D02-2358
Parties: A.L., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: STONE, WARNER and FARMER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 841
Pages: 676–677

Head Matter:
A.L., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D02-2358.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 9, 2003.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Alan T. Lipson, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Daniel P. Hyndman, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the disposition order entered in this juvenile delinquency proceeding because the trial court failed to renew the offer of counsel to the juvenile after she had waived counsel at an earlier proceeding. Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.165(b)(4) compels the court to offer counsel at each subsequent stage of the proceedings. Failure to do so constitutes fundamental error. See M.Q. v. State, 818 So.2d 615, 618 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002). Although the court appointed counsel for the juvenile in connection with other charges pending against her, the court never ex tended the offer for the disposition hearing in the current case.
Reversed and remanded for a new disposition hearing.
STONE, WARNER and FARMER, JJ., concur.