STATE v. S.P.

No. 90-1340.

580 So.2d 216 (1991)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. S.P., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Certification of Question and Rehearing Denied June 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Carol Cobourn Asbury, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Paul E. Petillo, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


LETTS, Judge.

The state "appeals" an order granting a juvenile defendant's motion to suppress, heard at the very beginning of an adjudicatory hearing. Upon the rendering of this order, the state was left without a case and the proceedings terminated. We reverse.

We avoid discussion as to whether this controversy is appealable, treat the notice of appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari and grant same upon the authority of State v. Weir, ...

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