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L.M. v. STATE

No. 91-00759.

592 So.2d 1210 (1992)

L.M., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 22, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Allyn Giambalvo, Asst. Public Defender, Clearwater, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Michele Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

CAMPBELL, Judge.

L.M., a juvenile, was found guilty of contempt of court for running away from Plantation House, a residential home for juveniles. On appeal, L.M. argues that the court did not have authority to sentence her to county jail for two days as punishment for the contempt. We agree and vacate appellant's sentence.

L.M. had run away from Plantation House before. At the hearing concerning that earlier episode, the court had told L.M. that, as punishment...

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