N.D.E. v. State

In this juvenile delinquency appeal, we reverse and remand for further proceedings because the reasons given by the trial court for departing from the recommendation of the Department of Juvenile Justice that appellant be placed in a moderate-risk facility and, instead, ordering a high-risk placement failed to identify the characteristics of such a placement that would better meet appellant’s needs than would a moderate-risk placement and were in part unsupported by any evidence. See, e.g., R.T. v. State, 946 So.2d 112, 113 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007) (citing cases); J.A.R. v. State, 923 So.2d 604,…