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

Fla. 3d DCA | 2021-05-26
No. 21-1067
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2021) Positive Treatment
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Holding

A juvenile's failure to object at the time of disposition and failure to file a motion to correct a disposition error pursuant to Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.135(b) bars appellate review of disposition errors.


Headnotes

[1] A disposition error in a juvenile proceeding is not reviewable on direct appeal unless the defendant objected at the time of disposition or filed a motion to correct the…

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Key Quotes

“[T]he absence of any objection at the time of disposition, followed by the failure to file a motion to correct a disposition error pursuant to Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.135(b), precludes consideration even of fundamental disposition errors on direct appeal.”

Citation to D.L.T. v. State, 275 So. 3d 651, 652 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019), establishing preservation requirement for disposition errors.

Facts & Procedural History

D.N., a juvenile, appealed a judgment from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County in multiple cases (J19-2275B, J20-41, J21-100, J21-101).…

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See D.L.T. v. State, 275 So. 3d 651, 652 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019) (“[T]he absence of any objection at the time of disposition, followed by the failure to file a motion to correct a disposition error pursuant to Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.135(b), precludes consideration even of fundamental disposition errors on direct appeal.” (citing C.C. v. State, 150 So. 3d 216, 217 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014); A.L.B. v. State, 23 So. 3d 190, 191 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009))); Daniels v. State, 118 So. 3d 996, 997 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013) (affirming sentence without prejudice on the basis that “[c]laims that the written judgment and sentence do not conform to the oral pronouncement must be preserved either with a contemporaneous objection, if possible, or by filing a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2) motion before filing the initial brief”); see also Fla. R. Juv. P. 8.135(b).


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