A.K. v. State

This appeal arises from a final delinquency disposition order finding A.K., a child, to have committed the delinquent act of battery on a person sixty-five years of age or older. We affirm, holding that any error committed by the trial court in admitting evidence of A.K.’s reputation or character was harmless.

A.K. attacked Nick DeMasi, a crossing guard at Plantation Middle School, on the morning of May 21, 2003. DeMasi was born on March 13, 1931, making him seventy-two years old. DeMasi testified that A.K. hit him “for no reason at all” while he was working. At the time, DeMasi was wearing…