J. M. C. v. State

Appellants seek review of their adjudications of delinquency for violations of § 784.04, Fla.Stat.

The victim, Mrs. Phillips, became involved in a verbal altercation with the appellant J.M.C. and her sister. Subsequently, Mr. Phillips was surrounded by five or six teenage girls and a fight ensued during which J.M.C. kicked or attempted to kick Mrs. Phillips. Appellant D.P.S. observed J.M.C. and Mrs. Phillips fighting and she struck Mrs. Phillips on the back with a stick causing her to fall down. While lying helpless on the ground Mrs. Phillips was cut by the girls who fled after the police…