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M.P. v. STATE

No. 5D07-2359.

988 So.2d 1266 (2008)

M.P., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

August 29, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Edward J. Weiss, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mary G. Jolley, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

ORFINGER, J.

M.P., a child, appeals the trial court's order finding her in contempt of court and sentencing her to five days in secure detention, three of which were suspended, followed by a consecutive term of fifteen days in secure detention, all of which was suspended. M.P. contends that the trial court's sentence violates the limitations of section 985.037(2), Florida Statutes (2007). We agree and reverse.1

M.P. violated the...

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