State of Florida, Petitioner v. S.a., a Child, Respondent

Summary

The court held that the juvenile speedy-trial rule creates two separate recapture periods: up to five days for a discharge hearing, followed by ten days to bring the juvenile to trial. Because weekends and legal holidays are excluded from calculating the five-day hearing period, the State timely brought S.A. to trial seventeen days after his motion and S.A. was not entitled to discharge. Justice Pariente, joined by Justice Perry, concurred in the result but urged amendment of the rule to create a single fifteen-day window.