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STATE v. M.A.

No. 4D14-1407.

174 So.3d 522 (2015)

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 26, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Luke R. Napodano , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

No brief filed for appellee.

We are confronted with a case where the trial court sua sponte dismissed a petition for delinquency, over the objection of the state. We find that the trial court, in this case, lacked the authority to sua sponte dismiss the petition, and that by dismissing the state's petition without authority, violated the principles of separation...

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