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638 So. 2d 515

Docket No. 83065.

State v. FG

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. F.G., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 16, 1994.

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1994-06-16

Relies on State v. F.G.

Decided 1994-06-16

¶1Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Roberta G. Mandel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for petitioner.

¶2Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Harvey J. Sepler, Asst. Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, for respondents.

¶3McDONALD, Senior Justice.

¶4We review State v. F.G.,630 So.2d 581 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993), in which the court certified the following question of great public importance:

[W]hether a claimed procedural error leading up to the entry of a final disposition order in a juvenile delinquency case renders the disposition "illegal" for purposes of a State appeal under subparagraph 39.069(1)(b)(5), Florida Statutes (1991).

¶5Id. at 583. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.

¶6The district court ruled that the state cannot appeal such an order, and we agree. We approve the decision under review and adopt the district court's opinion as our own.

¶7It is so ordered.

¶8GRIMES, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.

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