S.L. v. STATE

No. 4D07-4868.

993 So.2d 1108 (2008)

S.L., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 8, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


DAMOORGIAN, J.

S.L. appeals her adjudication of delinquency for simple assault on the grounds that the trial court erred by allowing the state to prove its case exclusively through the mother's prior inconsistent statements. We reverse.

On the evening of September 27, 2006, S.L. and her mother engaged in a heated argument in their living room concerning S.L.'s purchase of a motor vehicle. Following the argument, S.L. stayed in the living room and her mother...

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