V.M.A., A JUVENILE,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
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When the underlying adjudication of delinquency is reversed on direct appeal due to procedural defects in the adjudicatory hearing, a restitution order based on that adjudication must also be vacated and remanded.
[1] Due process considerations in juvenile delinquency proceedings require trial courts to make case-specific findings of necessity before conducting remote adjudicatory hear…
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GORDO, J.
V.M.A., a juvenile, appeals an order directing him to pay restitution to the victim. We have jurisdiction. Fla. R. App. P. 9.145(b)(2). In a related case, V.M.A. directly appealed an order withholding adjudication of delinquency and placing V.M.A. on probation. See V.M.A. v. State, 354 So. 3d 611, 611 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023). This Court reversed and remanded for a new adjudicatory hearing “conclud[ing] that due process considerations inherent in delinquency proceedings require the trial court to make case-specific findings of necessity before conducting a remote adjudicatory hearing.” Id. Accordingly, we vacate the restitution order and remand for further proceedings.1 Reversed and remanded.