SR v. State

346 So.2d 1018 (1977)

In the Interest of S.R., a Child, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 50144.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 29, 1977.

Robert E. Jagger, Public Defender, and Howard L. Crown, Asst. Public Defender, for petitioner.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Robert J. Landry and C. Marie King, Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondent.

HATCHETT, Justice.

The following question was certified to the Second District Court of Appeal by the Circuit Court of Pinellas County:

Is dismissal with prejudice mandatory or discretionary when a petition alleging delinquency is not filed within 30 days…