explaining that "[p]revious decisions of this Court reaffirm the strength of the legislature's policy decision to require the state to promptly file delinquency petitions."
How later courts described this case
- explaining that "[p]revious decisions of this Court reaffirm the strength of the legislature's policy decision to require the state to promptly file delinquency petitions."
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The opinion
McDONALD, Justice,
concurring in result only.
I concur in result only because I believe that In re B.T., 573 So.2d 101 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), State v. M.M., 557 So.2d 217 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990), and In re E.M., 362 So.2d 427 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978), were correct and should be approved. I believe, absent prejudice to the defendant in preparing a defense, the state can make a substantive change in a timely filed delinquency petition.
OVERTON, J., concurs.