# M.F. v. State

> Supreme Court of Florida · July 11, 1991 · 16 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 483

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7593722

## Case

- **Full name:** M.F., a juvenile v. STATE of Florida
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Florida
- **Decided:** July 11, 1991
- **Citations:** 16 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 483; 583 So. 2d 1383; 1991 Fla. LEXIS 1060
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by McDonald
- **Judges:** Barkett, Grimes, Harding, Kogan, McDonald, Only, Overton, Shaw
- **Cited by:** 16 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- 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."

## Opinion text

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.

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