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STATE v. J.Q.

No. 4D14-2565.

178 So.3d 943 (2015)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. J.Q., a Child, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 12, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Ellen Griffin , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

The state appeals the trial court's dismissal of a petition for delinquency against J.Q., a minor. We agree with the state's contention that the trial court erred in sua sponte dismissing the petition prior to an adjudicatory hearing and we reverse.

We recently addressed a similar dismissal in State v. D.A.,

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