Dealto v. State

COWART, Judge.

Appellant, aged seventeen, was charged with robbery and aggravated assault by a direct information filed under section 39.-04(2)(e)4., Florida Statutes,

Appellant contends that section 39.-04(2)(e)4., Florida Statutes, authorizing a direct information as to a sixteen or seventeen year old offender, is in conflict with section 39.02(5)(c), Florida Statutes, which requires indictment for a life offense, and appellant also attacks the first statute as an ex post facto law. Appellant further contends, as he is a juvenile, the juvenile division of the circuit court had and retained…