N.J.G. v. State

N.J.G., a seventeen-year-old child [“Appellant”], through counsel, seeks review of a decision of the circuit court denying his petition for writ of prohibition, seeking to preclude the county court of Orange County from exercising jurisdiction over his prosecution for violation of section 316.193 Florida Statutes (2006). Appellant contends that jurisdiction lies exclusively in the juvenile division of the circuit court.

The circuit court, in denying the petition for writ of prohibition, wrote a fine opinion, with which we generally agree. The petitioner mainly suggests that section 985.201,…