State v. MJB

576 So.2d 966 (1991)

STATE of Florida, Appellant,

v.

M.J.B., a Child, Appellee.

No. 90-1275.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 4, 1991.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and David G. Mersch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellant.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Kenneth Witts, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellee.

COBB, Judge.

M.J.B., a juvenile, was charged with petit theft, and the trial date was set for June 7, 1990. At the time of trial (before jeopardy attached) the state moved for a continuance, the motion was denied, and the…