Legal Opinion

RJA v. Foster

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 4, 1992No. 79296PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

603 So.2d 1167 (1992)

R.J.A., a child, et al., Petitioners,

v.

Florence FOSTER, Judge, etc., et al., Respondents.

No. 79296.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 4, 1992.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 1992.

John M. Selden, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Tampa, for petitioners.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Peggy A. Quince, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondents.

OVERTON, Justice.

This cause is before this Court on the question of whether the legislature, by its enactment of section 39.048, Florida Statutes (1991), granted juveniles an absolute substantive right to be tried…

Also in this document: Dissent · Barkett; Dissent · Kogan; Concurrence.

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Perkins v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  3. State v. GarciaSupreme Court of Florida · 1969
  4. Benyard v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  5. Haven Federal Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. KirianSupreme Court of Florida · 1991

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Vining v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
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  3. C.D. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
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  5. State v. GibsonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001

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