K.W. v. State

• We have for review the decision in KW. v. State, 665 So.2d 383 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996), in which the Third District Court of Appeal certified conflict with the opinions in M.P.C. v. State, 659 So.2d 1293 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995), and A.J.H. v. State, 652 So.2d 1279 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995). We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.

K.W. was found to have committed the offenses of carrying a concealed firearm, Ole-gal possession of a firearm by a minor, and resisting arrest without violence. However, the court withheld adjudication of delinquency. On appeal,…