T.S. v. State

T.S., a minor, was found guilty of assaulting a school board employee and adjudication was withheld. T.S. now appeals on the ground that the statute he was charged with violating had been repealed prior to the time of the incident. We affirm because the error, which is being raised for the first time on appeal, could have been cured if it had been raised in the trial court. There was, accordingly, no prejudice.

Appellant was charged under section 231.06, Florida Statutes (1995), a statute which was repealed on October 1, 1996, and replaced with section 784.081, Florida Statutes (2000). Both…