S.R. v. STATE

No. 3D08-1482.

11 So.3d 442 (2009)

S.R., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Lunar Claire Alvey, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before RAMIREZ and SALTER, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.


PER CURIAM.

S.R., a juvenile, appeals her adjudication of delinquency based on the trial court's denial of her motion for judgment of acquittal. Finding that the State failed to rebut her prima facie case of self-defense, we reverse the adjudication and remand with instructions to discharge S.R.

The State filed a petition for delinquency against S.R. charging her with battery. The charge stemmed from an incident with her step-father, Nelson Jerez. Jerez testified...

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