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J.F. v. STATE

No. 97-1061.

718 So.2d 251 (1998)

J. F., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Marcy K. Allen, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Terri Leon-Benner, Assistant Attorney General, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellee.

WARNER, Judge.

Appellant claims that he was denied a fair trial when the trial court became an active participant in his juvenile trial by requesting additional evidence and continuing the proceedings on its own motion to receive it. We agree that the trial judge impermissibly injected himself into the proceedings and reverse.

Appellant was charged with grand theft of an automobile and his case proceeded to an adjudicatory...

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