State v. M.C.

GRIMES, Chief Justice.

We have for review the following question certified to be of great public importance:

MAY FLORIDA RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3.800(b) BE APPLIED IN JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS?

M.C. v. State, 644 So.2d 329, 330 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

M.C. and E.C., juveniles, pled guilty to trespass of a motor home which they set on fire and destroyed. The motor home was uninsured and the loss suffered by the owner was estimated at $10,000. On September 23, 1992, the trial court withheld adjudication and ordered M.C. and E.C. to participate in the…