Case Name: R.D.M., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-11-19
Citations: 626 So. 2d 1088
Docket Number: No. 93-451
Parties: R.D.M., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: MINER, WEBSTER and MICKLE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 626
Pages: 1088–1089

Head Matter:
R.D.M., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 93-451.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Nov. 19, 1993.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Sonya Roebuck Horbelt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant, a juvenile, was not present at the adjudicatory hearing at which he was adjudicated delinquent for carrying a concealed firearm. The state correctly concedes error, as juveniles have the right to be present at their adjudicatory hearings. M.C. v. State, 516 So.2d 1076 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987); Fla.R.Juv.P. 8.100(a). Although defense counsel waived appellant's presence at the hearing, such waiver was ineffective absent some ratification of the waiver on the part of the accused. See Savino v. State, 555 So.2d 1237, 1238 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989), rev'd on other grounds, 567 So.2d 892 (Fla.1990).
Accordingly, the adjudication of delinquency is reversed, and the case is remanded for a new adjudicatory hearing.
MINER, WEBSTER and MICKLE, JJ., concur.