Major v. State

Full title: Fritz Major, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee.

Court: Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Date published: Mar 15, 2017

212 So. 3d 1130 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

Opinion

No. 3D17–218

03-15-2017

Fritz MAJOR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Ana M. Davide, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, for appellee.

ROTHENBERG, J.

Ana M. Davide, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, for appellee.

Before ROTHENBERG, SALTER, and EMAS, JJ.

ROTHENBERG, J.

Affirmed. See State v. Griffith , 675 So.2d 911, 913–14 (Fla. 1996) (holding that a defendant waives his right to be charged as a juvenile by not asserting it at the trial level); Williams v. State , 754 So.2d 67, 69 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000) ("Prosecution of a juvenile under Chapter 985, Florida Statutes (1999), is not a question of jurisdiction, in the sense that a court has the power to hear the case.... The right to be prosecuted as a juvenile is one that can be waived."); Smith v. State , 345 So.2d 1080, 1082 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977) (holding that where a defendant voluntarily submits to the jurisdiction of the circuit court's adult division, pleads guilty, does not appeal, and accepts the benefits therefrom, he is estopped from later changing his position and challenging the court's jurisdiction).