State v. E.D.P.

SHAW, Justice.

We have for review E.D.P. v. State, 23 Fla. L. Weekly D348, — So.2d -, 1998 WL 25483 (Fla. 1st DCA Jan.27, 1998), wherein the First District Court of Appeal certified the following question:

DOES THE TRIAL JUDGE, ACTING AFTER A DISPOSITION HEARING AND BASED ON SPECIFIC REASONS, HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REJECT THE DEPARTMENT’S COMMUNITY CONTROL RECOMMENDATION WITHOUT REMANDING THE CASE TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR AN ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATION?

Id. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We answer the certified question in the affirmative and quash E.D.P.

E.D.P. pled guilty to…