J.R.A. v. State

J.R.A., a juvenile, appeals the trial court’s order adjudicating him delinquent and committing him to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice. We affirm.

The State charged appellant with one count of possession of a firearm by an adjudicated delinquent juvenile. Instead of offering a certified copy of appellant’s prior adjudication, the prosecutor asked the court to take judicial notice of the court file in another case.

MS. McMURTRY [the prosecutor]: ... As a preliminary matter we’d ask the Court to take judicial notice of his prior adjudication of delinquency in case number 97-1384…