State v. L.R.J.

SHAW, Justice.

We have for review L.R.J. v. State, 706 So.2d 72 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998), wherein the First District Court of Appeal certified the following two questions:

1. Does section 924.051(4), Florida Statutes (Supp.1996), apply in juvenile delinquency proceedings?

2. Does the trial judge, acting after a disposition hearing and based on specific reasons, have authority to reject the department’s community control recommendation without remanding the case to the department for an alternative recommendation?

Id. at 73. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

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