J.T. v. STATE

No. 91-1650.

601 So.2d 283 (1992)

J.T., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied August 11, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Julie M. Levitt, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Barbara Arlene Fink, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before FERGUSON, COPE and GODERICH, JJ.


FERGUSON, Judge.

As restated, the issue is whether the court may extend the fifteen-day window period allowed by procedural rule for bringing a juvenile to an adjudicatory hearing on a showing of good cause, after the speedy trial period has expired and a motion for discharge has been filed. We hold that it may not.

On November 25, 1990, J.T. was taken into custody and charged with simple assault. An adjudicatory hearing was later scheduled for April 4, 1991...

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