A.B. v. State

At issue here is whether the trial court erred by placing a juvenile sex offender on probation beyond her nineteenth birthday. Section 985.0301(5)(h), Florida Statutes (2010), provides that “[t]he court may retain jurisdiction of a juvenile sexual offender who has been placed in a program or facility for juvenile sexual offenders until the juvenile sexual offender reaches the age of 21 ...” Appellant contends that the trial court exceeded its jurisdiction by placing her on probation until age twenty-one because she was not committed to a residential treatment facility. We disagree and affirm.

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