In Re Areal B.

Areal B. was charged by juvenile delinquency petition with the act of engaging in prostitution. The State’s proof, however, established that Areal committed not prostitution, but solicitation for prostitution. After the State rested, the defense moved to dismiss the petition based on insufficiency of the evidence, and the juvenile master, at the State’s request and over defense objection, amended the petition to add a second count charging solicitation. The master denied Areal a continuance, reasoning that the defense was on notice that solicitation “may very well have been charged,” and “the…