Legal Opinion

Knight v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 23, 1995No. 94-00441PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

PARKER, Judge.

James Knight, a juvenile, appeals his judgments and sentences for attempted murder with a firearm and grand theft of a motor vehicle. We affirm the judgments. We reverse the sentences for the trial court’s failure to provide adequate written findings to justify imposing adult sanctions.

Although the transcript from the trial court reflects that the trial court made adequate findings to support adult sanctions, the *594trial court’s written order of findings to support adult sanctions does not articulate specific individualized findings for each criterion. Instead, the order is in a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Troutman v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
  2. Menchaca v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Stuberfield v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997

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