State v. Interest of V. D. B.

This is a conflict jurisdiction review of the decision of the District Court of Appeal, First District, in the case entitled In Interest of V.D.B., a child v. State of Florida, 261 So.2d 857.

The question for decision is the standard of proof required in the adjudicatory phase of a child delinquency proceeding in a juvenile court in Florida in order to adjudge a child to be delinquent where the act of delinquency charged is one which would constitute a crime if committed by an adult.

There is a conflict of decisions upon the stated question in Florida requiring us to exercise our conflict…