District Court of Appeal of Florida

A fine imposed following a juvenile delinquency adjudication for throwing a deadly missile into an occupied vehicle is stricken where the trial court exceeded its authority by imposing a fine as a means to both compensate taxpayers for utilizing the court's time and imposing personal responsibility on defendant without legal authority.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/10/2006
• Published 02/10/2006

Judges

• PALMER, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Rose M. Levering, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lamya A. Henry, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.