G.M. v. STATE

No. 94-0548.

643 So.2d 705 (1994)

G.M., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 19, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Ellen Morris, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Ettie Feistmann, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, Judge.

We conclude that the motion for judgment of acquittal was properly denied, and thus we affirm the adjudication of delinquency. We reverse the disposition at the adjudicatory hearing without awaiting a predisposition report, however.

In this case, the essential feature of the disposition was the commitment to community control. Under section 39.052, Florida Statutes (1933), the judge may either withhold adjudication and commit the child to community...

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