State v. C.A.J.

Based on C.D. v. State, 865 So.2d 605 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004) (en banc), which was not available to the trial court at the time it ruled, we reverse the dismissal of delinquency petitions for failure to comply with the speedy trial rule.

C.A.J. was arrested for a number of offenses on June 16, 2003. The state filed ten petitions for delinquency on August 28, 2003. The petitions were served on the child on September 3, 2003. C.A.J. was arraigned on October 28, 2003. On the same day, he filed what was, in effect, a motion for discharge under the speedy trial rule.

The trial court held a hearing on…