J.B. v. State

CRIMINAL DIVISION EN BANC

ALLEN, Judge.

The appellant challenges orders entered in a juvenile delinquency proceeding, arguing that the corpus delicti of the offense was not established independent of his admission as to one of the elements. We conclude that this issue was not preserved for appeal, and because we thus clarify a prior decision of this court the case is being considered by the criminal division en banc, pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.331(b).

The corpus delicti of. an offense must ordinarily be established independent of the defendant’s admissions, e.g., Burks v.…