STATE v. J.R.M.

No. 56402.

388 So.2d 1227 (1980)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. J.R.M., a Child, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Eula Tuttle Mason, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellee.


ADKINS, Justice.

This cause is before us on direct appeal from an order of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court in and for Manatee County, directly passing on the constitutionality of section 39.112, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1978). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.

On January 16, 1979, the juvenile court ordered that J.R.M., a 16-year-old boy, be detained pending hearing on charges of resisting arrest with violence. Subsequently, the state...

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