State v. J.L.S.

The State appeals the trial court’s order dismissing the delinquency petitions filed against J.L.S. on the basis of the State’s *586violation of Florida’s speedy trial rule.1 We affirm.

Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.090 provides, in relevant part, that the State has 90 days within which to prosecute a delinquency petition:

Rule 8.090. Speedy Trial(a) Time. If a petition has been filed alleging a child to have committed a delinquent act, the child shall be brought to an adjudicatory hearing without demand within 90 days of the earlier of the following:(1) The date the child was taken into…