C.T.A. v. State

Full title: C.T.A., A CHILD, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

Court: DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT

Date published: May 31, 2019

Case No. 5D18-3330 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. May. 31, 2019)

Opinion

Case No. 5D18-3330

05-31-2019

C.T.A., A CHILD, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

W. Charles Fletcher, of Law Office of W. Charles Fletcher, Jacksonville, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kaylee D. Tatman, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, James H. Earp, Judge. W. Charles Fletcher, of Law Office of W. Charles Fletcher, Jacksonville, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kaylee D. Tatman, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See D.R. v. State, 178 So. 3d 478, 482 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015) (holding that trial court was not required to set forth findings justifying departure from Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) recommendation in deciding whether to commit juvenile even when DJJ recommended probation; findings are required only when court departs from recommended restrictiveness level of commitment); see also K.M.W. v. State, 232 So. 3d 1183 (Fla. 5th DCA 2018); D.G. v. State, 170 So. 3d 1, 3-4 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015); J.B.S. v. State, 90 So. 3d 961, 967 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012). EVANDER, C.J., LAMBERT and GROSSHANS, JJ., concur.