STATE v. D.A.

No. 4D14-2564.

171 So.3d 229 (2015)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. D.A., a child, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 12, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and James J. Carney , Senior Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Joseph J. Pappacoda , Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


In this appeal, the State challenges the trial court's final order sua sponte dismissing its petition for delinquency. We reverse and hold that the trial court impermissibly relied on section 985.0301(6), Florida Statutes (2014), to sua sponte dismiss the petition before the initial adjudicatory hearing. See State...

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