JR v. State

953 So.2d 690 (2007)

J.R., a Juvenile, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 1D07-0557.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 4, 2007.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Phil Patterson, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Judy Bone, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

By petition for writ of mandamus, J.R. seeks to compel the trial court to allow him to attend arraignment in person. We hold that an arraignment is a critical stage in a delinquency proceeding and that Florida Rule of…