V.M.A., A JUVENILE v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed May 3, 2023.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D22-467
Lower Tribunal No. 20-406A
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V.M.A., a Juvenile,
Appellant,
vs.
The State of Florida,
Appellee.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Scott M.
Bernstein, Judge.
Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Susan S. Lerner, Assistant
Public Defender, for appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Christina L. Dominguez,
Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before EMAS, GORDO and BOKOR, JJ.
GORDO, J.
V.M.A., a juvenile, appeals an order directing him to pay restitution to
the victim. We have jurisdiction. Fla. R. App. P. 9.145(b)(2). In a related
case, V.M.A. directly appealed an order withholding adjudication of
delinquency and placing V.M.A. on probation. See V.M.A. v. State, 354 So.
3d 611, 611 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023). This Court reversed and remanded for a
new adjudicatory hearing “conclud[ing] that due process considerations
inherent in delinquency proceedings require the trial court to make case-
specific findings of necessity before conducting a remote adjudicatory
hearing.” Id. Accordingly, we vacate the restitution order and remand for
further proceedings. 1
Reversed and remanded.
1
Because this Court reversed and remanded V.M.A.’s direct appeal, which
was the basis of entry of the restitution order, we do not address the merits
raised on this appeal.
2