Case Name: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. L.A.S., a child, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-10-29
Citations: 720 So. 2d 246
Docket Number: No. 92714
Parties: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. L.A.S., a child, Respondent.
Judges: HARDING, C.J., and OVERTON and WELLS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 720
Pages: 244-246–244-246

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. L.A.S., a child, Respondent.
No. 92714.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Oct. 29, 1998.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Kristina White, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Assistant Public Defender, Chief, Appellate Intake Division, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Opinion:
SHAW, Justice.
We have for review L.A.S. v. State, 23 Fla. L. Weekly D789, 720 So.2d 255 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998), wherein the First District Court of Appeal certified the following question:
DOES THE TRIAL JUDGE, ACTING AFTER A DISPOSITION HEARING AND BASED ON SPECIFIC REASONS, HAVE AUTHORITY TO REJECT THE DEPARTMENT [OF JUVENILE JUSTICE]^ COMMUNITY CONTROL RECOMMENDATION WITHOUT REMANDING THE CASE TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR AN ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATION?
We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
We answered this question in State v. E.D.P., No. 92,345, — So.2d-, 1998 WL 696947 (Fla. Oct. 8, 1998), in the affirmative. Accordingly, we quash the instant district court decision and remand the case with directions to reinstate the sentence of the trial court.
It is so ordered.
HARDING, C.J., and OVERTON and WELLS, JJ., concur.
KOGAN, ANSTEAD and PARIENTE, JJ., dissent.