I.J., a Juvenile, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee. (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

I.J., a Juvenile, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D24-0711

Decided: November 05, 2025

Before EMAS, MILLER and BOKOR, JJ.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender and Andrew Stanton, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General and Daniel Colmenares, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Affirmed. See State v. Quevedo, 357 So. 3d 1249, 1252 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023) (noting that on review of trial court's order on motion to dismiss due to Stand Your Ground immunity, “the trial court's factual findings are presumed correct and can be reversed only if they are not supported by competent substantial evidence”); Smith v. State, 969 So. 2d 452, 455 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007) (affirming jury finding that bottle of bleach can be used as deadly weapon); see also Robertson v. State, 829 So. 2d 901, 906 (Fla. 2002) (explaining tipsy coachman doctrine); § 776.041(2), Fla. Stat. (limiting use of self-defense by defendant who “[i]nitially provokes the use or threatened use of force against himself or herself”).

PER CURIAM.

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