Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-22 16:13:29.011384+00
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Third District Court of Appeal
                               State of Florida

                       Opinion filed February 22, 2023.
       Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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                            No. 3D21-2256
                        Lower Tribunal No. 20-498
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                             I.P., a Juvenile,
                                  Appellant,

                                     vs.

                          The State of Florida,
                                  Appellee.

     An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Orlando A.
Prescott, Judge.

      Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Maria E. Lauredo, Chief
Assistant Public Defender, and James A. Odell, Assistant Public Defender,
for appellant.

      Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Katryna Santa Cruz, Assistant
Attorney General, for appellee.

Before FERNANDEZ, C.J., and LINDSEY, and BOKOR, JJ.

     PER CURIAM.
     I.P., a juvenile, appeals an adjudication of delinquency after a hearing

partially conducted remotely, using the Zoom platform.         I.P. and his

counsel, as well as the prosecution and the judge, appeared in the

courtroom, in person.   Some witnesses testified remotely.      Initially, I.P.

objected to the remote proceeding and the trial court held a hearing on the

objection, overruled the objection, but did not make case specific findings

supporting the need to conduct the proceeding remotely. We reverse and

remand for a new adjudicatory hearing on the authority of M.D. v. State,

345 So. 3d 359 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022); J.T.B. v. State, 345 So. 3d 927 (Fla.

3d DCA 2022); and T.H. v. State, 349 So. 3d 951 (Fla. 2d DCA 2022).

     Reversed and remanded for further proceedings.

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