B.W. v. STATE

No. 4D02-3083.

855 So.2d 1266 (2003)

B.W., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 15, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and David M. Schultz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GROSS, J.

Because we hold that appellant and his mother executed a general waiver of speedy trial, we affirm the disposition of this case and reject appellant's claim that the speedy trial time had expired.

B.W. was taken into custody on July 26, 2001 for battery on a school employee. So that B.W. could participate in a diversion program, he and his mother signed a document entitled "WAIVER OF SPEEDY TRIAL" on September 7, 2001. The document was provided by...

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