K.B. v. STATE

No. 2D03-803.

862 So.2d 923 (2004)

K.B., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 7, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliott C. Metcalfe, Jr., Public Defender and Christopher E. Cosden, Assistant Public Defender, Sarasota, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and John M. Klawikofsky and Donna Koch, Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa, for Appellee.


COVINGTON, Judge.

K.B. appeals the trial court order committing her to a moderate risk residential commitment program for her third adjudication of indirect criminal contempt. Because this is an inappropriate sanction, we reverse.

This court's recent decision in K.C. v. State, 848 So.2d 1193 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003), controls. Section 985.216, Florida Statutes (2001), which sets forth punishment options for juvenile contempt...

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