D.G. v. WATSON

No. 96-3086.

682 So.2d 1233 (1996)

D.G., A Child, etc., Petitioner, v. Hon. John W. WATSON, III, Circuit Court Judge, etc., Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Dodig, Jr., of Central Florida Legal Services, Inc., Daytona Beach, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Belle B. Turner, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.


W. SHARP, Judge.

D.G., a juvenile, seeks a writ of prohibition to stop the trial court from holding a hearing to determine whether he should be involuntarily hospitalized, as part of a delinquency proceeding pursuant to chapter 39.0205, et seq. The trial court found D.G. incompetent pursuant to Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.095(a)(4). The trial judge then dismissed the petition for adjudication of delinquency. We grant the petition.

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