S.R.A. v. State

The primary issue presented by this appeal is the length of community control that may be imposed upon a juvenile when the trial court withholds adjudication of delinquency. We hold that where adjudication is withheld, the trial court may impose an indeterminate sentence of community control that cannot go beyond a child’s nineteenth birthday.

Appellant S.R.A. was ten years old when the state charged him with battery and disorderly conduct arising out of an incident with a classmate. After an adjudicatory hearing, the trial judge found S.R.A. guilty of battery and not guilty of disorderly…