K.P. v. State

K.P., a minor, appeals the trial court’s disposition order adjudicating her *967delinquent and sentencing her to a moderate risk juvenile commitment center after she pled guilty to grand theft. We reverse and remand for a new disposition hearing because, although the trial court ordered a pre-disposition psychiatric evaluation of K.P., it entered its disposition order before the psychiatric evaluation report was available.

It is well established that courts must strictly comply with the statutory procedures surrounding a juvenile disposition hearing. K.D. v. State, 911 So.2d 885, 886 (Fla. 1st DCA…