C.B. v. State

C.B. appeals from an order of the trial court, which departs from the *1050recommendation of the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) that C.B. be placed on probation, and commits C.B. to a moderate risk residential program. In E.A.R. v. State, 4 So.3d 614 (Fla.2009), the Florida Supreme Court announced a new, more rigorous analysis that a trial court must conduct before departing from DJJ’s recommendation. As the court explained in E.A.R.:

The only rational or logical means through which the juvenile court may provide “reasons” that explain, support, and justify why one restrictiveness level is…