L.G. v. State

L.G. appeals the trial court’s juvenile disposition order committing him to moderate-risk residential placement as a result of his delinquent acts for the offenses of sexual battery on a child under 12 years of age by a defendant less than 18 years of age. We reverse the disposition entered because the lower court erred as a matter of law in deciding it had no legal authority to place the child on probation for such acts.

Following the entry of the order for delinquency detention, the Department of Juvenile Justice filed a pre-disposition report which recommended minimum-risk residential…