Case Name: P.R.T., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-02-08
Citations: 920 So. 2d 708
Docket Number: No. 4D04-1316
Parties: P.R.T., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: STONE and MAY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 920
Pages: 708–709

Head Matter:
P.R.T., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D04-1316.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Feb. 8, 2006.
Philip J. Massa of Philip J. Massa, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
GROSS, J.
On appeal, P.R.T., challenges the volun-tariness of his plea. P.R.T. pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana, accepting as the consequence of his plea a probation sentence. Thereafter, the trial court entered an adjudication of delinquency and order of disposition sentencing P.R.T. to a level six commitment. The sentence was in opposition to both the recommendation of the Department of Juvenile Justice and the state, as well as in excess of the sentence negotiated in the plea agreement.
P.R.T. filed a motion to withdraw his plea, but later abandoned it. A defendant who pleaded guilty may directly appeal a violation of a plea agreement only if "preserved by a motion to withdraw plea." Fla. R.App. P. 9.140(b)(2)(A)(ii)b. By abandoning the motion to withdraw plea in the trial court, P.R.T. has failed to preserve his claim for review. See State v. T.G., 800 So.2d 204, 210 (Fla.2001) ("[Jjuveniles pleading guilty . may directly appeal an involuntary plea only if it is preserved by a motion to withdraw plea in the trial court.").
This appeal is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction.
STONE and MAY, JJ., concur.