M.A.F. v. State

Appellant, a child, was charged as an adult with sexual battery on a child less than twelve. Appellant entered a plea of nolo contendere to the charge. The trial court adjudicated M.A.F. delinquent and declared him to be a sexual predator pursuant to section 775.21, Florida Statutes, the sexual-predator statute, under the authority of Payne v. State, 753 So.2d 129 (Fla. 2nd DCA), review denied, 773 So.2d 56 (Fla.2000). On appeal, M.A.F. argues that although he was prosecuted as an *1249adult, he was given juvenile sanctions; therefore, the trial court was limited to the sex offender sanctions…