WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 98-3100.

737 So.2d 1141 (1999)

Leon WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Certification Granted July 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Mallorye Cunningham, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and David M. Schultz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether, when the only charge against this juvenile for which he could be prosecuted as an adult was nolle prossed, the remaining charges had to be transferred to juvenile court. We answer that question in the affirmative and reverse.

Appellant, who was fifteen years old, was charged by information with aggravated battery, a charge which qualified him to be prosecuted by the direct filing of an information in...

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