M.O.B. v. State

At appellant’s trial in juvenile court, a prosecution witness testified that appellant made an inculpatory statement that defense counsel alleged had not been furnished in response to a demand for discovery. We reverse the conviction and disposition and remand for a new adjudicatory hearing because it was error, under Richardson v. State, 246 So.2d 771 (Fla.1971), not to have conducted an inquiry to determine whether a discovery violation had occurred, if the violation was willful or inadvertent, whether the violation was trivial or substantial, and if the violation prejudiced the defendant.…