Brown v. State

RIDGELY, Justice:

Defendant-Below/Appellant, Evan *323Brown,1 appeals from a Family Court sentencing order initially entered when he was a juvenile. Brown contends that the Family Court did not have the authority to sentence Brown, at the outset, to twelve months of adult probation following his juvenile commitment. Because the statute the Family Court relied upon affirmatively provides only two circumstances, not present in this case, where the Family Court may sentence a juvenile to adult probation,2 we find that the General Assembly intended to limit the authority of the Family Court to impose…