J.D., A JUVENILE,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA,

Fla. 3d DCA | 2022-09-14
No. 2021-1055
47 Fla. L. Weekly D1557 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2022) Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 47 Fla. L. Weekly D1409 · 47 Fla. L. Weekly D1401
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Per_curiam
Per Curiam

PER CURIAM.

The State charged Appellant, J.D., a juvenile, by petition for delinquency with third-degree grand theft of a vehicle (Count 1), and burglary of an unoccupied conveyance (Count 2). J.D. was adjudicated delinquent as to Count 1, and Count 2 was nol-prossed by the State. As a result, the trial court placed J.D. on probation.

Prior to the adjudicatory hearing, J.D. filed an “Objection to Remote Trial.” Because the trial court did not make case-specific findings as to why proceeding with the adjudicatory hearing remotely was necessary, over objection, J.D. was denied her right to due process. See, K.M. v. State, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D1557 (Fla. 3d DCA July 20, 2022) (reversing the trial court’s overruling of juvenile’s objection to a remote hearing because trial court did not make any case-specific findings of necessity for proceeding in this manner); M.D. v. State, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D1409, D1410 (Fla. 3d DCA June 29, 2022) (“[D]ue process requires a case-specific finding of necessity before a trial court may conduct a remote juvenile adjudicatory hearing over objection . . . .”); J.T.B. v. State, 47 Fla. L. Weekly D1401, D1404 (Fla. 3d DCA June 29, 2022) (“[T]he failure to render case-specific findings of necessity justifying conducting the juvenile adjudicatory hearings remotely resulted in a denial of due process.”). Accordingly, we reverse and remand for a new adjudicatory proceeding.

Reversed and remanded.


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