Legal Opinion

M.N. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 7, 2001No. 4D01-369PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Per curiam

We affirm the trial court’s ruling adjudicating appellant delinquent, but reverse his sentence. Appellant was found guilty of a third degree felony carrying a maximum adult sanction of five years in prison. The court’s disposition order placed appellant in a level six residential treatment program but did not specify maximum allowable time. As the state concedes, commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice and community service is limited to the maximum adult term or to the date of the juvenile’s twenty-first birthday, whichever occurs first. See R.P. v. State, 695 So.2d 490, 490 (Fla.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. R.P. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. S.B. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  2. Q.K. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
  3. SB v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003

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