699 So. 2d 848 - State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “... [T]he lower court departed from the essential requirements of the law when it failed to immediately order that [the juvenile] be transported to the adult county jail upon the state’s announcement that the charges had been direct filed in the adult division. Section 39.044(4)(a), Florida Statutes (1996), which was amended on June 2, 1996, specifically provides that: (4) The court order shall order the delivery of a child to a jail or other facility intended or used for the detention of adults: (a) When the child has been transferred or indicted for criminal prosecution as an adult pursuant to this part, except that the court may not order or allow a child alleged to have committed a misdemeanor who is being transferred for criminal prosecution pursuant to. s. 39.059 to be detained or held in a jail or other facility intended or used for the detention of adults; however, such child may be held temporarily in a detention facility; ... (emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. G.G.