Legal Opinion
C.M.H. v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided January 15, 2010No. 1D09-3091PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
In this juvenile case, C.M.H. pled nolo contendere to one count of grand theft. The Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) recommended that C.M.H. be placed on probation. The trial court adjudicated C.M.H. delinquent and committed him to a moderate-risk program, but suspended the sentence and placed him on probation. We reverse.
In E.A.R. v. State, 4 So.3d 614 (Fla.2009), the Florida Supreme Court announced a new, more rigorous analysis that a trial court must conduct before departing from DJJ’s recommendation. As the court explained in E.A.R.:
The only rational or logical means through which the…
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