L.M. v. State

CAMPBELL, Judge.

L.M., a juvenile, was found guilty of contempt of court for running away from Plantation House, a residential home for juveniles. On appeal, L.M. argues that the court did not have authority to sentence her to county jail for two days as punishment for the contempt. We agree and vacate appellant’s sentence.

L.M. had run away from Plantation House before. At the hearing concerning that earlier episode, the court had told L.M. that, as punishment, he would sentence her to county jail for two days, but would suspend the sentence on the condition that she not run away from…