E.J. v. State

This cause is before us on appeal from an order withholding adjudication of delinquency and placing appellant in a community control program without express limitation as to the duration of his term. Appellant contends the trial court erred in failing to limit the term of community control to the maximum adult sanction for the offense.

Prior to the repeal of Section 39.11, Florida Statutes, by Chapter 90-208, Laws of Florida, that statute had been interpreted as limiting a juvenile’s maximum term of community control or community service to the maximum term for which an adult could have been…