AMENDMENT TO FLA. RULE OF JUVENILE PROC.

No. SC84021.

796 So.2d 470 (2001)

AMENDMENT TO FLORIDA RULE OF JUVENILE PROCEDURE 8.100(A).

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Honorable Melanie G. May, Circuit Judge, Broward County; Honorable Robert O. Collins, Administrative Judge, Juvenile Division, Fort Lauderdale, FL; David Trammell, Deputy Court Administrator, Marion County Judicial Center, Ocala, FL; Honorable F. Dennis Alvarez, Chief Judge, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit; Honorable Susan F. Schaeffer, Chief Judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit, St. Petersburg, FL; David A. Rowland, Court Counsel, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Tampa, FL; Honorable Peter Ramsberger, Administrative Judge, Juvenile Division, Clearwater, FL; Honorable William L. Blackwell, Chief Judge, Twentieth Judicial Circuit, Naples, FL; Nancy Daniels, Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit; and Ward L. Metzger, Appellate Coordinator, Office of the Public Defender, Fourth Circuit, Jacksonville, FL, on behalf of The Florida Public Defender Association; and Robert N. Sechen, General Counsel, and John Milla, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Juvenile Justice, Tallahassee, FL; Petitioners.

Howard C. Coker, President, The Florida Bar; Edity G. Osman, President-elect, The Florida Bar; John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, The Florida Bar; Honorable Dorothy H. Pate, Senior Circuit Judge, Jacksonville, FL; Honorable Harvey L. Goldstein, County Court Judge, Dade County, Miami, FL; W.G. "Bill" Bankhead, Secretary of State of Florida, Department of Juvenile Justice, Tallahassee, FL; and Blaise Trettis, Executive Assistant Public Defender, Melbourne, FL, Interested Parties.


LEWIS, J.

We once again consider whether juvenile detention hearings should be conducted through audio-video devices rather than personal appearances. We have jurisdiction. See Art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. As explained below, we decline to adopt the amendment as proposed in 1996, see Amendment to Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.100(a), 667 So.2d 195 (Fla. 1996), and repeal the rule as adopted on an interim...

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