C.R. v. STATE

No. 4D10-3867.

73 So.3d 825 (2011)

C.R., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Patrick B. Burke , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mark J. Hamel , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

C.R. appeals a juvenile disposition order finding him guilty of possession of a weapon on school property. We conclude that the court erred in its determination that the knife is not a "common pocketknife," which is an exception to the statutory definition of "weapon." We reverse.

On April 29, 2009, C.R. brought a knife to his middle school and gave it to another student, asking her to hold it for him because he thought he would get caught. C.R...

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