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V.M. v. STATE

No. 4D99-2311.

766 So.2d 280 (2000)

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 16, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

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

STEVENSON, J.

Appellant V.M. challenges an order withholding adjudication of delinquency but finding him guilty of felony battery pursuant to section 784.041, Florida Statutes (1999), for hitting his teacher during a fight with another student. We reverse because the State failed to introduce any evidence to rebut V.M.'s claim of self-defense.

V.M. and another male student were fighting when their teacher entered the classroom. The teacher testified at trial...

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