J.M. v. STATE

No. 1D00-2709.

783 So.2d 1204 (2001)

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 1, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Elizabeth F. Duffy and Thomas H. Duffy, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


ERVIN, J.

Appellant, J.M., a child, appeals an order declaring him a sexual predator under section 775.21, Florida Statutes (2000). J.M. contends that the trial court erred in applying the classification to him, in that he was adjudicated delinquent for committing a violation of law rather than convicted, which is required under the sexual-predator statute. Because section 985.233(4)(b), Florida Statutes (1999), states that an adjudication of delinquency shall not...

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