A.P. v. State

THOMPSON, Judge.

A.P., a child, appeals his order of disposition, entered after he was charged with trespass and resisting a law enforcement officer without violence. He contends that the court erred in failing to specify reasons for the adjudication and commitment, in failing to seek a commitment level recommendation from the Department of' Juvenile Justice (“DJJ”) after the court rejected the department’s initial recommendation of community control, and in using a single disposition order for both charges. We agree that the court erred and vacate the order of disposition.

The court erred when…