J. A. C. v. State

SCHWARTZ, Judge.

The juvenile appellant was declared delinquent as a result of the trial judge’s finding that he was guilty of vehicular homicide, in violation of Section 782.-071, Fla.Stat. (1977); see McCreary v. State, 371 So.2d 1024 (Fla.1979). The record showed that the decedent was a passenger in a car being driven by the respondent in a drag race in Dade County. The accident occurred only because the decedent, while attempting to operate the gear shift, instead grabbed the steering wheel and caused the vehicle to go out of control. Under these circumstances, the allegedly wrongful…