K.M. v. State
In a juvenile delinquency adjudicatory hearing, the trial court allowed witnesses to testify remotely via videoconference over K.M.'s preserved written objection, without making any case-specific findings of necessity as required by the Florida Supreme Court's COVID-era administrative orders. The Third District, following its recent decisions in M.D. v. State and J.T.B. v. State, held this was reversible error and reversed the adjudicatory order, remanding for a new adjudicatory hearing.
Key facts
- K.M., a juvenile, was adjudicated delinquent in a trial court adjudicatory hearing where witnesses testified remotely via videoconference.
- K.M. filed a written objection to remote testimony before the hearing, but the trial court allowed it to proceed without making any case-specific findings of necessity.
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Why it matters
This opinion reinforces a clear, usable rule from the Third District that remote witness testimony in juvenile delinquency proceedings cannot be ordered without case-specific findings of necessity when the defense… — full analysis with a trial
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