In the Interest of B.T. v. State

We have for review B.T. v. State, 573 So.2d 101 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), in which the First District Court of Appeal held it was proper to amend a delinquency petition to *300include the allegation that the victim of a sexual battery was mentally defective when the original petition had alleged that the victim was physically helpless to resist the sexual battery. The district court concluded that this amendment and a succeeding amendment did not violate section 39.-05(6), Florida Statutes (1989).1 The district court certified the following question as one of great public importance:

UNDER THE…