D.V. v. STATE

No. 4D15-1876.

216 So.3d 3 (2017)

D.V., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

As Clarified on Denial of Rehearing April 26, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Alan T. Lipson , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mitchell A. Egber , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Tolstoy famously wrote that "[a]ll happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." The sad tale of the unhappy family in this case would have challenged the ability of any juvenile judge to do the right thing. In the end, the trial judge imposed a sentence contrary to the notion of juvenile justice set forth in...

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