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Q.A., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Q.A. raises three issues on appeal, all of which have merit and require reversal. First, the trial court failed to enter an order finding Q.A. competent to proceed. This was error. The record reflects that the trial court made an oral finding that Q.A. was competent to proceed after it reviewed the evaluations of the court-appointed experts. However, the trial court failed to memorialize its finding in a written order. See Fla. R. Juv. P. 8.095(3); see also Hill v. State, 228 So.3d 730, 730 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017); B.R.C. v. State, 210 So.3d 243, 245–46 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017). We remand for entry of a nunc pro tunc order doing so.
Second, the trial court failed to enter an order specifying the condition or conditions of probation that Q.A. violated. This too was error, and we remand for entry of an order specifying the violated condition or conditions. See Brinson v. State, 866 So.2d 1268, 1269 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004) (“[C]ourt minutes do not constitute appealable orders ․, [and] our court has consistently ruled that an order revoking probation must state in writing the probationary conditions which the trial court found to have been violated.” (citations omitted) ).
Third, sanction 15 of the violation of probation disposition order required that Q.A. comply with sexual offender registration and reporting requirements. However, under section 943.0435(1)(a)1.d, Florida Statutes (2014), a juvenile under the age of fourteen at the time of the commission of the qualifying offense is not subject to the registration and reporting requirements under the statute. E.g., Bish v. State, 139 So.3d 451, 452 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014); Acevedo v. State, 108 So.3d 719, 720 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013). Thus, we reverse the disposition order and remand for entry of a proper adjudication order.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
PER CURIAM.
EVANDER, C.J., COHEN, and EDWARDS, JJ., concur.
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Docket No: Case No. 5D18-1510
Decided: March 01, 2019
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
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