M.S. v. State

M.S. appeals from a withhold of adjudication for battery and a sentence of probation. We affirm.

M.S. was enrolled at Miami Bridge, a temporary shelter for neglected and homeless children. On March 10, 2010, Rochelle Canton, a supervisor at the shelter, saw a young girl, K.V., crying in her dorm room because she had recently been in an altercation with other girls at the shelter. Ms. Canton took K.V. to a hallway outside the dorm and M.S. followed them. A verbal altercation between M.S. and K.V. ensued, and M.S. reached around Ms. Canton and slapped K.V. Ms. Canton was standing in between the…