D.D.R. v. State of Florida

Summary

The Florida Second District Court of Appeal reversed and remanded a juvenile disposition order revoking D.D.R.'s probation and adjudicating her delinquent for misdemeanor battery. The court adopted the reasoning of a related decision holding that the delinquency court improperly based its probation-violation determination solely on hearsay.

Holdings

1. A probation revocation determination in this case could not stand when it was based solely on hearsay; the disposition order must be vacated.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the juvenile court erred in revoking D.D.R.'s probation and entering a delinquency disposition order when the determination that she violated probation was based solely on hearsay.

Disposition

reversed_and_remanded