E.J.J., A Juvenile, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee. (2023)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

E.J.J., A Juvenile, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D22-849

Decided: February 22, 2023

Before LOGUE, MILLER, and BOKOR, JJ.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Nicholas A. Lynch, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Christina L. Dominguez, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Affirmed. L.S. v. State, 346 So. 3d 42, 46 (Fla. 4th DCA 2022) (quoting § 985.433(4)(c), Fla. Stat. (2021)) (holding trial court did not commit fundamental error when it did not inquire “about a juvenile's ‘feelings about the offense committed, the harm caused to the victim or others, and what penalty he or she should be required to pay for such transgression,’ ” as required by statute, where juvenile was not denied opportunity to be heard); cf. M.A.L. v. State, 110 So. 3d 493, 496 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013) (holding fundamental error where trial court wholly failed to give juvenile and her father an opportunity to comment on issue of disposition prior to court's determination); A.P. v. State, 666 So. 2d 211, 211 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995) (reversing and remanding adjudication of delinquency and disposition where juvenile's counsel notified court as to juvenile and his mother's presence, and “[t]he trial court refused to allow the child or his mother to speak”).

PER CURIAM.

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