T.D. v. State
T.D. v. State
Opinion of the Court
The appellant is a juvenile offender who contends that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to commit him to a non-secure residential program after he reached his 19th birthday. Appellant claims that section 985.0301(5), Florida Statutes (2009), gives the trial court jurisdiction over delinquent children up to age 19, and that he was not placed in a program (or facility) as would permit an extension of the court’s jurisdiction under (5)(h). Section 985.0301(5)(h), states:
(h) The court may retain jurisdiction over a juvenile sexual offender who has been placed in a program or facility for juvenile sexual offenders until the juvenile sexual offender reaches the age of 21, specifically for the purpose of completing the program.
We affirm the disposition below. When Appellant pled guilty to a lewd and lascivious molestation charge, he was passed for disposition temporarily based on an agreement that he would complete a treatment program for juvenile sexual offenders, with the opportunity to have the case dropped if
AFFIRMED.
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