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In the Interest of D. D., a Child

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia
Docket No.A15A2345
DecidedFebruary 10, 2016
Reporter335 Ga. App. 676; 782 S.E.2d 728
JudgesSecond Division; Presiding Judges Andrews and Miller, and Judge Branch; Miller authored
Tags
CriminalCriminal ProcedureSentencingRestitutionStatutory InterpretationVacaturRemand
Case Summary

A juvenile court adjudicated the child delinquent for acts that would constitute involuntary manslaughter and battery and committed him to the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice for two years. The Court of Appeals held he must receive credit for all 99 days spent in restrictive detention before disposition. It also held that the juvenile court could not add supervision conditions after committing him to the Department; if it wished to impose such conditions, it could place him in a facility operated under court or local authority. Restitution required a hearing at which the State proves the victim’s loss and the child shows his financial resources, obligations, and needs. The court vacated the commitment order and remanded for resentencing and a restitution hearing.

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