R.L.B. v. State

I agree that, because not provided for by statute, the state has no right to appeal any order or judgment of a circuit court in a juvenile delinquency case. However, I dissent to that portion of the majority opinion that holds that the district court of appeal had not the authority to treat the mis-named appeal as a petition for certiora-ri and grant the state relief based on the circuit court’s departure from the essential requirements of law.

After being arrested on suspicion of theft, R.L.B. was detained and, three days later, arraigned on the charge. At the arraignment, the juvenile…