J.I.S. v. STATE

No. SC05-1097.

930 So.2d 587 (2006)

J.I.S., a child, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 11, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, John W. Hedrick and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Assistant Public Defenders, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Robert R. Wheeler, Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Trisha Meggs Pate, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.


PARIENTE, C.J.

Is a juvenile delinquent who receives an indeterminate residential commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) entitled to credit for time served in secure detention before the commitment? The First District Court of Appeal, whose decision we review, answered this question in the negative but certified conflict "[t]o the extent our opinion conflicts with E.R. v. State, 584 So.2d 158 (Fla. 2d DCA...

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