State v. A.M.

Full title: STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. A.M., a child, Appellee.

Court: DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT

Date published: Oct 7, 2015

178 So. 3d 437 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

Opinion

No. 4D14–2561.

10-07-2015

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. A.M., a child, Appellee.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and James J. Carney, Senior Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ellen Griffin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

GROSS, TAYLOR, JJ., and SHEPHERD, CAROLINE, Associate Judge, concur.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and James J. Carney, Senior Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

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

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The circuit court improperly dismissed this case prior to an adjudicatory hearing. See § 985.0301(6), Fla. Stat. (2013); State v. J.C., 141 So.3d 756, 757 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014); State v. W.D., 112 So.3d 702, 703 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013). However, because appellee has attained the age of 19, we dismiss the appeal. See State v. E.I., 114 So.3d 309, 310 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013).

GROSS, TAYLOR, JJ., and SHEPHERD, CAROLINE, Associate Judge, concur.