G. W. M. v. State

We affirm the conviction and remand for correction of the sentence.

Appellant was committed on December 4, 1979 at which time he was thirteen years and two months old. The commitment was to the date of his nineteenth birthday or a term of approximately five years and ten months. An adult could have received a maximum sentence for the two crimes involved here of five years and sixty days. Section 39.11(l)(c), Florida Statutes (1979) provides that when a child has been adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act, the court may:(c) Commit the child to the department. Said commitment shall be…