C.J.T. v. State

C.J.T. is a minor who was fourteen years old when placed on juvenile probation for the misdemeanor offense of making a false report to a law enforcement officer of an alleged crime, in violation of section 817.49, Florida Statutes (2010). The trial court made CJ.T.’s term of probation indeterminate, not to exceed his nineteenth birthday. C.J.T. has preserved his argument that the disposition is illegal by first filing a timely motion to correct disposition error with the trial court, pursuant to Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.135(b). The trial court did not rule on the motion in time,…