T.S. v. State

FULMER, Judge.

T.S., a juvenile, punched a co-worker in the eye, causing serious injury. He was charged with and adjudicated delinquent of aggravated battery following an adjudicatory hearing before the court. We reverse for the trial court to reduce the adjudication to one of felony battery.

T.S. was employed as a dishwasher at a restaurant in Clewiston. The victim, a waitress, was annoyed that T.S. kept leaving his work area to steal glances at teenage girls having a party in the dining room. Several times she tried unsuccessfully to have the manager tell T.S. to stop. She herself was also…