STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT,
v.
W.D., A CHILD, APPELLEE
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT,
W.D., A CHILD, APPELLEE
840 So. 2d 377
Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2003)
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See I.T. v. State, 694 So. 2d 720 (Fla.1997) (a juvenile judge may rely on a statutory provision aimed at adult criminal cases if there is no counterpart in the laws relating to juveniles and nothing to suggest that the legislature intended to treat juveniles differently from adults).
WEBSTER, PADOVANO and HAWKES, JJ., concur.
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