Juvenile Incorrectly Ordered to Register as a Sex Offender
·By Ronald S. Chapman, P.A.
In the case of M.B. (a child) versus the State of Florida, the judge mistakenly ordered a 14-year-old to register as a sex offender after he found that the juvenile had touched his victims’ genitals over their clothing. Florida law only permits a judge to order a juvenile offender to register as a sex offender where the judge finds molestation involving unclothed genitals.