A.R. v. State

Appellant, a juvenile, seeks review of the trial court’s order of adjudication of delinquency. The sole issue raised concerns the duration of appellant’s placement in a community control program. We affirm in part and remand, with directions.

In June 1991, the trial court entered an order of adjudication of delinquency, finding that appellant had committed a battery. The trial court placed appellant in a community control program, under the supervision of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS), “until the child’s 19th birthday unless he ... is sooner released by the Court…