S.S. v. State

Appellant, S.S., a child, was adjudicated guilty of simple battery, a first degree misdemeanor, and the trial court placed him on probation for an indeterminate period of time, retaining jurisdiction until the child’s 19th birthday, unless sooner released by the court. The child was 13 at the time he committed the offense. In the Anders1 brief filed by appellant’s attorney, the public defender argues that the trial court could only retain jurisdiction for one year, the maximum sentence provided by law for the offense of simple battery. The state acknowledges that the maximum punishment for…