V.K.E. v. State

PARIENTE, J.,

specially concurring.

An eleventh grade female high school student punched another student in the face and broke the student’s nose, then pled no contest to simple battery. The trial court withheld adjudication of delinquency and placed V.K.E. on juvenile probation. She was ordered to pay restitution of $852.66 and two statutory surcharges for domestic violence programs and rape crisis centers. The issue is whether the Legislature intended juveniles to be subject to these surcharges applicable to adult offenders. Because I do not discern a clear expression of. legislative intent…