R.A.H. v. State

ZEHMER, Judge.

R.A.H. was adjudicated a delinquent child and committed to a juvenile facility identified as a “halfway house.” 1 Thereafter, on or about April 15-16, 1992, he left that facility without permission. He was charged and adjudicated guilty of escape under section 39.112, Florida Statutes (1989).2 Appealing this delinquency order, R.A.H. contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the escape charge. He argues that section 39.112, the statute on which the charge was based, was repealed effective October 1, 1990, when section 39.061, Florida Statutes…