R.H.S. v. State

In this appeal following a juvenile delinquency proceeding, appellant challenges an order of disposition which enters an adjudication of delinquency, places appellant on community control and directs that he pay restitution. He argues that the order is a nullity because it was not entered until after his nineteenth birthday. We agree and, accordingly, reverse.

*457The relevant facts are not in dispute. Appellant’s date of birth is July 12, 1976. On June 30,1994, a juvenile delinquency petition was filed, alleging that, between January 6 and 9, 1994, appellant had committed a burglary of a…