D.D.S., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT D.D.S., a child, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D16-2676 [June 21, 2017] Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial, St. Lucie County: Michael Heisey, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 2014CJ000536A, 2014CJ000544A, 2014CJ000633A and 2015CJ000855A. Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Stacey Kime, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Matthew Steven Ocksrider, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee. ON CONFESSION OF ERROR PER CURIAM. The Defendant appeals an order committing him to a maximum-risk residential facility in four delinquency cases. The State concedes the Defendant does not meet the criteria for commitment to a maximum-risk residential facility. See §§ 985.465, .494, Fla. Stat. (2016). In light of the State’s proper concession of error, we vacate the dispositions and remand for the circuit court to resentence the Defendant to a disposition authorized by law. Disposition vacated and remanded for resentencing. FORST, KLINGENSMITH and KUNTZ, JJ., concur. * * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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