L.K. v. State

We affirm the order adjudicating appellant delinquent on the charge of misdemeanor battery. At the disposition hearing, the child agreed to remain in secure detention pending placement for 20 days — five days beyond the 15-day maximum period — in exchange for the trial court’s agreement to commit the child to a level six program rather than to a higher level eight program. The state concedes, however, and we agree, that the trial court erred in sentencing appellant to 20 days in detention prior to placement in a Department of Juvenile Justice moderate-risk residential program.

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