C.A.B. v. State

JOANOS, Judge.

In his consolidated appeals, appellant challenges the final order which orders him committed to the Dozier School for Boys. Appellant argues that the trial court erred in choosing a placement alternative not on the list of three submitted by the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) pursuant to § 39.09(3)(e), Florida Statutes (1985).1 We agree and reverse.

Appellant was adjudicated to have committed delinquent acts for two counts of burglary and one count of criminal mischief. In its final order the trial court committed appellant to HRS. HRS submitted a list of…