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J.P. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb 6, 2013
111 So. 3d 198 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

Opinion

No. 3D11–2596.

2013-02-6

J.P., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami–Dade County, Orlando A. Prescott, Judge. Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Daniel Tibbitt, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Keri T. Joseph, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami–Dade County, Orlando A. Prescott, Judge.
Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Daniel Tibbitt, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Keri T. Joseph, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before SHEPHERD, CORTIÑAS and LAGOA, JJ.

LAGOA, J.

J.P., a juvenile, appeals an order adjudicating him delinquent for trespass in a conveyance, as a lesser included offense of the charge of grand theft, and for trespass on school grounds. We affirm the adjudication of delinquency for trespass on school grounds without comment.

As to the adjudication for trespass in a conveyance, the State correctly concedes that the petition fails to allege an essential element of the offense, i.e., that the juvenile willfully entered or remained in the golf cart. “Well-established law precludes a finding of guilt on a lesser included offense where the charging document fails to explicitly allege all the elements of the lesser offense.” K.D. v. State, 69 So.3d 1020, 1021 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011) (reversing adjudication for trespass in a conveyance, as a lesser included offense of grand theft, because the petition did not allege that the juvenile “willfully entered or remained in the motor scooter”). Based upon the State's confession of error and our independent review of the record, we reverse the adjudication of delinquency for trespass in a conveyance.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and cause remanded.


Summaries of

J.P. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb 6, 2013
111 So. 3d 198 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)
Case details for

J.P. v. State

Case Details

Full title:J.P., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Date published: Feb 6, 2013

Citations

111 So. 3d 198 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)