C.E.L. v. State

PARIENTE, J.,

specially concurring.

I concur in the majority’s approval of the Second District’s opinion in C.E.L. I write separately to address both the public policy concerns raised by this case and to point out additional legal and factual arguments for future cases that are not foreclosed by the majority opinion. While I recognize that this Court is required to follow the plain meaning of the statute, and generally cannot substitute its view of the better public policy choice,9 I find this case to be extremely troubling because of its undeniable effect of adversely impacting teenagers who…