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in Interest of O.P. v. State623 So. 2d 849 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993) · DCA93-636

Court
District Court of Appeal
Decided
1993-09-10
Law cited
§ 39.061
On CourtListener
PER CURIAM.

Pursuant to a petition for delinquency, O.P. was charged with unlawful escape from Criswell House while in the lawful custody of officers of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS). The issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion to dismiss the escape charge. We reverse.

In D.P. v. State, 597 So.2d 952 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992), this court held unconstitutional and invalid that portion of section 39.061, Florida Statutes, pertaining to escape from residential commitment facilities. Thereafter, in R.A.H. v. State, 614 So.2d 1189 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993), the court ruled there was no basis in law for treating the decision in D.P. as having the legal effect of reviving the former repealed statute. The state acknowledges that the ruling in R.A.H. decides the issue in this ease.

Accordingly, based upon the state’s concession of error, and this court’s decision in R.A.H., O.P.’s adjudication of guilt of the *850offense of escape is reversed, and this cause is remanded with directions to dismiss the escape charge.

ERVIN, JOANOS and MICKLE, JJ., concur.

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