STATE v. BROWN

No. 98-04618.

745 So.2d 1006 (1999)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Brian BROWN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Erica M. Raffel, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Clark E. Green, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


STRINGER, Judge.

The State of Florida challenges an order dismissing its information against Brian Brown. The State asserts that it may charge Brown, a juvenile, as an adult for violating section 790.23, Florida Statutes (Supp.1998) (delinquent in possession of a firearm). We agree and reverse.

On September 19, 1998, the State charged Brown with one count of delinquent in possession of a firearm in violation of section 790.23(1)(a). The State certified Brown...

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