State v. R.A.

The State appeals the trial court’s failure to order the suspension of R.A.’s driver’s license pursuant to section 322.056, Florida Statutes (2005), after the court found R.A. delinquent and placed him on probation. We agree that suspension was mandatory and reverse with directions that R.A.’s driver’s license be suspended in accordance with section 322.056.

A petition charged seventeen-year-old R.A. with possession of cannabis in violation of sections 893.13(6)(b) and 893.03(l)(e). R.A. pled no contest to the charge, and the trial court withheld adjudication, placed R.A. on probation for six…