R.J. v. STATE

No. 4D13-635.

142 So.3d 907 (2014)

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 2, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Ellen Griffin , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Matthew Steven Ocksrider , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GROSS, J.

The State is not required to prove a juvenile's age to vest subject matter jurisdiction in the juvenile division of the circuit court.

After a trial, appellant was adjudicated delinquent for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. There was ample evidence of the offense. During the trial, the State elicited testimony from the arresting officer that appellant said his birthday was February 13, 1996, making him sixteen years old at the time of the...

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