R.C., a child v. State , 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 1842 ( 2015 )


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  •         DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
    FOURTH DISTRICT
    R.C., a child,
    Appellant,
    v.
    STATE OF FLORIDA,
    Appellee.
    Nos. 4D13-341, 4D13-508, 4D13-509 and 4D13-1466
    [February 11, 2015]
    Consolidated appeals from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth
    Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Elijah H. Williams, Judge; L.T. Case
    Nos. 12004936DL00A, 12004023DL00D, 12002835DLC, 11009402DLD,
    11009638DL00A and 12000152DL00B.
    Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ellen Griffin, Assistant Public
    Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
    Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Monique Rolla,
    Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
    PER CURIAM.
    A juvenile appeals an order adjudicating him delinquent after his plea
    of no contest to multiple charges. Although not requested at the plea or
    disposition hearing, a subsequent order recites that appellant had
    preserved the right to appeal the prior order finding him competent to
    proceed in all of his cases. It does not state that the order was dispositive.
    Indeed, an order finding a defendant competent to proceed is not a
    dispositive order. See Fuller v. State, 
    748 So. 2d 292
    , 294 (Fla. 4th DCA
    1999) (an issue is dispositive only when, regardless of the outcome of the
    appeal, there will be no trial; an order determining defendant competent
    has no such effect, as trial proceeds). In Burns v. State, 
    884 So. 2d 1010
    ,
    1012-13 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004), we explained that a competency issue
    relates to the voluntary and intelligent nature of a plea, which is among
    the limited issues which may be appealed from a plea, but not without
    moving to withdraw the plea first. We have applied this preservation rule
    to juvenile proceedings in P.R.T. v. State, 
    920 So. 2d 708
    , 709 (Fla. 4th
    DCA 2006) citing State v. T.G., 
    800 So. 2d 204
    , 210 (Fla. 2001) (“[J]uveniles
    pleading guilty . . . may directly appeal an involuntary plea only if it is
    preserved by a motion to withdraw plea in the trial court.”). As appellant
    failed to file a motion to withdraw his plea, he has not preserved the issue
    for review.
    Affirmed.
    WARNER, GROSS and CIKLIN, JJ., concur.
    *         *         *
    Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
    2
    

Document Info

Docket Number: 4D13-341, 4D13-508, 4D13-509 and 4D13-1466

Citation Numbers: 157 So. 3d 458, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 1842

Judges: Warner, Gross, Ciklin

Filed Date: 2/11/2015

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 10/19/2024