M.B., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT M.B., a child, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D16-1118 [November 23, 2016] Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Elijah H. Williams, Judge; L.T. Case No. 15002131 DLA. Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Virginia Murphy, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee. ON CONFESSION OF ERROR PER CURIAM. On appeal, appellant argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of dismissal. Appellee confesses error, and does not oppose reversal of the judgment and disposition. After reviewing the record, we agree that the trial court erred, and reverse appellant’s judgment and disposition and remand for the trial court to enter an order granting appellant’s motion for judgment of dismissal. Reversed and remanded. MAY, DAMOORGIAN and CONNER, JJ., concur. * * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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