G.W. v. State

In these consolidated appeals, juveniles G.W., R.H., and T.L. challenge the constitutionality of section 784.081, Florida Statutes (2010), asserting that the sentencing enhancement contemplated in the statute violates the equal protection clauses of the United States Constitution and the Florida Constitution. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Appellants appeal the trial court’s orders withholding adjudications of delinquency and, in the cases of R.H. and T.L., placing them in a community control program. All three appellants request that the adjudicatory and disposition orders be reversed,…