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STATE v. DENNIS

No. 79-1867.

386 So.2d 24 (1980)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Marvin DENNIS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, Bartow, and Susan G. Sexton, Asst. Public Defender, Tampa, for appellee.

BOARDMAN, Acting Chief Judge.

This appeal presents the issue of whether the county court or the circuit court has jurisdiction over a juvenile when the state files a direct information charging the juvenile with a misdemeanor. We hold that jurisdiction is in the county court.

The state filed an information in the county court charging appellee, a sixteen-year-old juvenile, with a misdemeanor. The information was filed pursuant to Section 39.04(2)(e)4, Florida...

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