STATE v. R.L.S.

No. 97-04334.

712 So.2d 1220 (1998)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. R.L.S., a minor, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Dale E. Tarpley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Brad Permar, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, for Appellee.


CASANUEVA, Judge.

After R.L.S. was found guilty of improper exhibition of a firearm, the trial court sentenced him to, among other things, a suspended five day term in a juvenile detention center. The State appeals the suspension of the five day detention period, contending that section 790.22(9)(a), Florida Statutes (1997) mandates the detention period. We agree with the State's assertion and hold that the trial court had no authority to suspend this period of detention...

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