Case Name: J.A., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-06-07
Citations: 758 So. 2d 1276
Docket Number: No. 4D99-3836
Parties: J.A., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: KLEIN, STEVENSON and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 758
Pages: 1276–1276

Head Matter:
J.A., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D99-3836.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
June 7, 2000.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Ellen Griffin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Claudine LaFrance, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
J.A. appeals the judgment adjudicating him delinquent and committing him to the Department of Juvenile Justice for a level six, moderate risk residential program after he pled nolo contendere to possession of marijuana. J.A. contends that the trial court failed to make a thorough inquiry into whether he voluntarily and intelligently waived his right to counsel before accepting his plea. Because J.A. did not first move to withdraw his plea in the trial court, we dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction without prejudice to J.A.'s right to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus. See J.M.B. v. State, 750 So.2d 654 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999); see also § 985.234, Fla. Stat. (1999); Fla. R.App. P. 9.140(b)(2)(B)(m) and 9.145.
DISMISSED.
KLEIN, STEVENSON and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.