C.J.T. v. State

C.J.T. appeals from a final order of disposition. Because the disposition of forty-five days in secure detention was unauthorized, we reverse. Moreover, because this is “an issue capable of repetition and tending to evade review,” we write briefly to address why section 985.26(3), Florida Statutes (2012), is not a sentencing alternative. K.P. v. State, 952 So.2d 1229, 1230 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007).

C.J.T. was simultaneously on probation for four separate eases. The State filed a petition for violation of probation in each case, and, at Defendant’s VOP hearing, the trial judge adjudicated him guilty…