K.N. v. State

K.N., a juvenile, appeals the trial court's June 14, 2017 Order adjudicating him delinquent on various grounds for offences he committed at school on May 13, 2013, when he was eleven years old. The court withheld adjudication and placed K.N. on probation. K.N. contends the trial court lost jurisdiction of this matter under section 985.19, Florida Statutes. We agree.

Section 985.19 deals with incompetency in juvenile proceedings. Among other things, it recognizes that a juvenile may be incompetent to proceed to adjudication based on "age or immaturity." § 985.19(2), Fla. Stat. Pertinent to this…