Interest of I. H. v. State

MILLS, Judge.

Appellant was taken into custody on 6 July 1979 as a burglary suspect and an information was filed on 10 July. An amended information was filed on 16 July. Appellant was a juvenile but was 16 years old, and the information was filed pursuant to § 39.04(2)(e)(4), Florida Statutes (1978 Supp.), which provides that the state attorney may: “[w]ith respect to any child who at the time of commission of the alleged offense was 16 or 17 years of age, file an information when in his judgment and discretion the public interest requires that adult sanctions be considered or imposed.” On 21…