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R.J.A. v. FOSTER

No. 79296.

603 So.2d 1167 (1992)

R.J.A., a child, et al., Petitioners, v. Florence FOSTER, Judge, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Selden, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Tampa, for petitioners.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Peggy A. Quince, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondents.

OVERTON, Justice.

This cause is before this Court on the question of whether the legislature, by its enactment of section 39.048, Florida Statutes (1991), granted juveniles an absolute substantive right to be tried within ninety days, which would overrule our juvenile speedy trial rule1 that allows the state an additional ten-day window to try cases that do not come within the ninety-day period. This case concerns twenty juveniles who...

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