J.M. v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtErvin, J.
Appellant, J.M., a child, appeals an order declaring him a sexual predator under section 775.21, Florida Statutes (2000). J.M. contends that the trial court erred in applying the classification to him, in that he was adjudicated delinquent for committing a violation of law rather than convicted, which is required under the sexual-predator statute. Because • section 985.233(4)(b), Florida Statutes (1999), states that an adjudication of delinquency shall not be deemed a conviction, we reverse.
J.M. was charged as an adult and pled nolo contendere to sexual battery on a child under 12, a…
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