State v. K.S.

ON MOTION TO DISMISS

MARSTILLER, J.

The State of Florida appeals the circuit court’s Amended Order Adjudging Child Incompetent to Proceed and Committing Child to the Department of Children and Families, arguing that the lower court erred in failing to order secure placement for K.S. K.S. asserts that we should dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the rules of appellate procedure, though permitting state appeals from orders finding a juvenile defendant incompetent to proceed, do not allow the State to challenge the trial court’s ruling on secure placement.

The order at issue here…