S.R.A. v. State

Full title: S.R.A., a child, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent

Court: Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Nov 9, 2000

772 So. 2d 1217 (Fla. 2000)

Opinion

No. SC00-559.

Opinion filed November 9, 2000.

Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Certified Direct Conflict of Decisions, Fourth District — Case No. 4D99-0271, (St. Lucie County).

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Celia Terenzio, Bureau Chief, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, Florida, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

We have for review S.R.A. v. State, 25 Fla. L. Weekly D425, (Fla. 4th DCA Feb. 16, 2000), based on certified conflict with G.R.A. v. State, 688 So.2d 1027 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997). We have jurisdiction. See Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. Based on our recent opinion in N.W. v. State, 25 Fla. L. Weekly S653 (Fla. Sept. 7, 2000), we approve the decision below.

It is so ordered.

Wells, C.J., and Shaw, Harding, Anstead, Pariente, Lewis and Quince, JJ., Concur.