G.T.J. v. STATE

No. 2D07-3386.

994 So.2d 1182 (2008)

G.T.J., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Alisa Smith, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Deborah Fraim Hogge, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


CANADY, CHARLES T., Associate Judge.

G.T.J. appeals a juvenile probation order and order withholding adjudication of delinquency for the delinquent acts of assault and battery. Because we conclude that the State failed to rebut G.T.J.'s prima facie case of self-defense and therefore failed to carry its burden to prove the delinquent offenses beyond a reasonable doubt, we reverse and remand.

The undisputed evidence reflects that: (1) G.T.J. was outside an apartment...

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