Legal Opinion

V.F. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 1, 2012No. 4D11-4363Published

1Per curiam

V.F., a juvenile, appeals the trial court’s imposition of a mandatory fifteen days in a secure detention facility pursuant to section 790.22(9), Florida Statutes (2011). In B. O. v. State, 25 So.3d 586 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009), we held that it was error to impose the section 790.22(9) sentencing enhancement based on a guilty plea to grand theft of a firearm where the juvenile petition neither cited the statute nor alleged that, in committing the theft, the child used or possessed a firearm. As in B.O., the trial court here imposed a fifteen-day mandatory period of detention based on appellant’s…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. B.O. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009

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