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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