J.R.C. v. State

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

J.R.C. challenges the order adjudicating her delinquent and committing her to a level six residential facility. She complains, and the state concedes, that the lower court entered the order without reviewing a predisposition report and without making findings why adjudication and commitment were appropriate. Section 39.052(4)(a), Florida Statutes (1995), requires the court to consider a predisposition report at the disposition hearing. See also B.B. v. State, 647 So.2d 268 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). If the court then finds that adjudication and commitment are appropriate, it must…