L.R. v. State

I concur in both the decision to affirm the adjudication of delinquency and the decision to reverse the disposition.

In applying section gSS^^Xc),1 this court has in prior cases followed the rule that a trial court’s rationale for disregarding the restrictiveness level recommended by DJJ must “ ‘reference the characteristics of the restrictiveness level vis-a-vis the needs of the child.’ ” A.J.V., 842 So.2d at 1029 (quoting P.R., 782 So.2d at 913); see also M.S. v. State, 927 So.2d 1044 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006); J.A.R. v. State, 923 So.2d 604 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006); X.W., 903 So.2d 318. Under the…