G. W. M. v. STATE

No. 79-2603.

391 So.2d 738 (1980)

G. W. M., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Laura R. Morrison, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We affirm the conviction and remand for correction of the sentence.

Appellant was committed on December 4, 1979 at which time he was thirteen years and two months old. The commitment was to the date of his nineteenth birthday or a term of approximately five years and ten months. An adult could have received a maximum sentence for the two crimes involved here of five years and sixty days. Section 39.11(1)(c), Florida Statutes (1979) provides that...

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