STATE v. D.H.

No. 3D10-3157.

87 So.3d 795 (2012)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. D.H., a juvenile, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Linda S. Katz , Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Carlos J. Martinez , Public Defender, and Howard K. Blumberg , Assistant Public Defender, for appellee.

Before WELLS, C.J., and SHEPHERD and FERNANDEZ, JJ.


FERNANDEZ, J.

The State of Florida appeals the trial court's dismissal on speedy trial grounds of its delinquency petition filed against appellee D.H. We reverse because the trial court prematurely dismissed the petition and did not afford the State an opportunity to bring D.H. to trial within the fifteen-day recapture period following the filing of D.H.'s motion for discharge.

The State arrested D.H. on August 4...

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