Iglesias v. State

(specially concurring).

I concur in the result only. The Juvenile Justice Act, chap. 39, sets forth the procedures for trying a juvenile as an adult. Sections 39.02(5)(a)-(c), .04(2)(e)(4), Fla.Stat. (1989). Section 39.04(2)(e)(4) delineates the state attorney’s authority to file directly an information in certain cases: the state attorney may “[w]ith respect to any child who at the time of the commission of the alleged crime was 16 or 17 years of age, file an information when in his judgment and discretion the public interest requires that adult sanctions be considered or imposed.” Because…