R.A.M. v. State

PER curiam:.

The juvenile appellant in this delinquency proceeding challenges the order of commitment entered following a plea of nolo contendere. He argues that the trial judge erred when he failed to obtain a recommendation as to restrictiveness level from the Department of Juvenile Justice after he rejected the department’s recommendation of community control. The appellant is entitled to relief under decisions such as J.P.M. v. State, 688 So.2d 458 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997), and S.R. v. State, 683 So.2d 576 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996).

Nevertheless, the appellee relies upon I.T. v. State, 694 So.2d 720…