C.C.B. v. State

In this juvenile delinquency appeal, C.C.B., appellant, seeks review of an order of disposition that adjudicated him delinquent and committed him to the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) for high-risk residential placement to be followed by probation. Appellant argues that his commitment to a high-risk residential program must be reversed because the trial court failed to justify its decision to depart from the DJJ’s recommendation of probation. Concluding that the reasons set forth by the trial court for departing from the DJJ’s recommendation of probation are not supported by competent,…