P.G. v. State

GRIFFIN, Chief Judge.

P.G., a child, timely appeals a final order adjudicating him delinquent for resisting arrest without violence.

P.G. was arrested on September 7, 1996 for battery and resisting arrest without violence. He was initially charged with battery in a petition for delinquency filed on October 17, 1996. After the expiration of the ninety-day speedy trial period provided by Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.090(a) and without any motion for discharge being filed by P.G., the state nolle prossed the battery.

On January 13, 1997, the state filed a new petition charging P.G. with…