State v. Owens

MOORE, Judge.

Petitioner, the State of Florida, seeks a writ of certiorari to quash an order of the trial court transferring the pending prosecution against the respondent from the criminal division of the circuit court to the juvenile division.

Respondent, a juvenile, was charged by direct information, pursuant to Section 39.-04(2)(e)(4), Florida Statutes (1979), with the commission of the felony of burglary of a conveyance. Section 39.04(2)(e)(4) states that the state attorney may:

With respect to any child who at the time of commission of the alleged offense was 16 or 17 years of age, file an…