T.N. v. STATE

No. 4D00-3035.

786 So.2d 655 (2001)

T.N., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and David J. McPherrin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Thomas C. Mielke, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


STONE, J.

We affirm T.N.'s commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice (the department) after entry of an open plea of guilty.

At the disposition hearing, where the department recommended a level six commitment, the trial judge listened to the child's parents and considered a letter written by the victim. The court announced its ruling as follows:

Based on your plea then, I do adjudge that you are guilty as a delinquent child of aggravated battery...

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