D.C. v. STATE

No. AM-431.

436 So.2d 203 (1983)

D.C., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula S. Saunders, Asst. Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, for appellant.

Richard A. Patterson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


ZEHMER, Judge.

This case presents a perfect example of a disturbing societal proclivity toward settling all disputes through resort to a severely overburdened judicial system. In summary, we are asked to review a juvenile court order finding that the defendant, a 13 year old boy, committed the crime of battery when he engaged in a brief scuffle with the alleged victim, an 8 1/2 year old boy. The scuffle, in which neither boy was hurt, began when the defendant tossed...

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