Florida Statute 985.494 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 985
JUVENILE JUSTICE; INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES

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F.S. 985.494

985.494 Commitment programs for juvenile felony offenders.—

(1) Notwithstanding any other law and regardless of the child’s age, a child who is adjudicated delinquent, or for whom adjudication is withheld, for an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult, shall be committed to a maximum-risk residential program if the child has completed two different high-risk residential commitment programs. The commitment of a child to a maximum-risk residential program must be for an indeterminate period, but may not exceed the maximum term of imprisonment that an adult may serve for the same offense.

(2) In committing a child to the appropriate program, the court may consider an equivalent program of similar intensity as being comparable to a program required under subsection (1).

History.—s. 48, ch. 94-209; s. 12, ch. 96-398; s. 58, ch. 97-238; s. 11, ch. 2006-62; s. 62, ch. 2006-120; s. 21, ch. 2010-113; s. 8, ch. 2011-70.

Note.—Former s. 39.0584; s. 985.314.

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Cases Citing Statute 985.494

Total Results: 3

KJF v. State

44 So. 3d 1204, 2010 WL 3783340

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 30, 2010 | Docket: 2400591

Cited 3 times | Published

current offense through community arbitration."); § 985.494 (providing specific commitment programs for "a

MVK v. State

93 So. 3d 521, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 12322, 2012 WL 3089400

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 31, 2012 | Docket: 60310631

Published

residential programs for other offenses. See § 985.494(1), Fla. Stat. (2011) (“Notwithstanding any other

K.J.F. v. State

44 So. 3d 1204, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 14532

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 30, 2010 | Docket: 60295550

Published

current offense through community arbitration.”); § 985.494 (providing specific commitment programs for “a