S.W.M. v. State

The appellant, S.W.M., a child, challenges the trial court’s order adjudicating him delinquent for committing the act of escape. We affirm.

The state filed a petition against appellant charging him with escape from a halfway house in violation of section 39.112, Florida Statutes (1989). Appellant filed a motion to dismiss the petition on the basis that it was invalid because section 39.112 had been repealed by the legislature. The trial court denied the motion to dismiss. Appellant entered a plea of nolo contendere reserving the right to appeal the ruling on his motion to dismiss. Appellant…