J.S. v. State

OPINION

BAKER, Chief Judge.

Today we address for the first time whether a juvenile court abused its discretion by placing a delinquent juvenile who was in the United States illegally with the Department of Correction (DOC) instead of returning him to his native country. Appellant-respondent J.S. appeals his placement with the DOC following the juvenile court’s true finding that he committed an act that would constitute class A felony dealing in a schedule I controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school had it been committed by an adult. Specifically, J.S. — a Mexican national who was…