Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2010

In Re Involuntary Placement of Delgado

In Re Involuntary Placement of Delgado
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided January 15, 2010 · Khouzam, Crenshaw, Morris
24 So. 3d 1292; 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 188; 2010 WL 143767 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

In Re Involuntary Placement of Delgado

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

In this appeal from an order of commitment pursuant to chapter 397.675, Florida Statutes (2009), the recording of the commitment proceedings has been lost through no fault of any party, and both the State and the appellant have agreed that the hearing cannot be reconstructed. In a situation such as this, when an adequate record is unavailable and cannot be recreated, the appropriate remedy is to afford the appellant a new trial. See Delap v. State, 350 So.2d 462, 463 (Fla. 1977); L.I.B. v. State, 811 So.2d 748, 748 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002); M.R.G. v. State, 576 So.2d 1378, 1378 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991).

Accordingly, the Order for Involuntary Placement filed October 1, 2009, is reversed, and this cause is remanded for a new trial.

KHOUZAM, CRENSHAW, and MORRIS, JJ., Concur.

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