D.G. v. State

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

D.G. was adjudicated delinquent for two counts of sexual battery and committed to a high-risk sex offender program. He complains that the juvenile court departed from the recommendation by the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) without adequate reasons. We affirm the delinquency adjudication, but we reverse the commitment and remand for further proceedings.

After hearing testimony at an adjudicatory hearing, the juvenile court found that D.G. committed two sexual batteries as alleged. At the subsequent disposition hearing, DJJ recommended that adjudication be withheld and…