X.W. v. State

WALLACE, Judge.

X.W., a juvenile, appeals the disposition orders committing him to a moderate-risk level six program. He argues that the trial court erred in rejecting the lesser sanction of probation, which was the disposition recommended by the Department of *319Juvenile Justice (the Department). Because the trial court’s rationale for disregarding the Department’s recommendation is not supported by the record, we agree and reverse.

In March 2003, the State filed a petition alleging that X.W., who was thirteen years old at the time, was a delinquent child because he had committed a strong-arm…