D. L. M. v. STATE

No. 79-1886.

397 So.2d 439 (1981)

D. L. M., a Juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Lawrence J. Stein, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Paul Mendelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HUBBART, C.J., and BARKDULL and FERGUSON, JJ.


BARKDULL, Judge.

This appeal challenges the propriety of the trial court's order denying the appellant's motion for discharge for failure to grant the appellant a speedy trial.

On May 2, 1979, D.L.M. (a 9-year old child) was seen emerging from a house that was burglarized. The police were called and they caught D.L.M. and took him back to the house, where he was identified by a witness. He was then returned to his parents. On May 31, D.L.M. was formally arrested...

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