J.D. v. State

I concur that we are bound by our decision in J.B. v. State, 646 So.2d 808 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994). The sad result of following J.B. is that twelve-year-old J.D. effectively has shut down the juvenile justice system as it attempted to set restitution for his eighty-six-year-old victim. The witness’ time attending court and testifying is for nought and the cost of securing attendance, as well as the time of the trial judge, the prosecutor, the public defender, and other court personnel, is totally lost. The trial judge is left with no alternative but to place J.D. in custody and detain him until…