A.T. v. State

Florida District Courts of Appeal
A.T. v. State, 983 So. 2d 679 (2008)
2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 8115
Gross, Polen

A.T. v. State

Opinion of the Court

On Motion for Clarification

PER CURIAM.

We grant appellant’s motion for clarification and substitute this opinion to correct scrivener’s errors in our opinion issued April 23, 2008.

Appellant A.T., a sixteen-year-old child, appeals the disposition order committing her to the care of the Department of Juvenile Justice for placement in a level eight high risk residential program.

A.T. argues that the “characteristics visa-vis the needs” test is the most workable test for trial courts to use in deciding whether to depart from the Department’s Predisposition Report recommendation. In E.A.R. v. State, 975 So.2d 610, 611 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008), this court rejected this argument and certified conflict with M.S. v. State, 927 So.2d 1044,1046 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006). We again note conflict as we did in E.A.R. v. State.

A.T. also argues that upwardly departing after a juvenile disposition has already been imposed violates double jeopardy. We concur with the reasoning of the third district in J.E. v. State, 676 So.2d 39, 40 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). There is no double jeopardy violation as the departure only increased the restrictiveness level. It was not a resentencing.

Affirmed.

POLEN, GROSS and MAY, JJ., concur.

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Full Case Name
A.T., a Child v. STATE of Florida
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Status
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