SC05-1097 – J.I.S., A Child v. State Of Florida

State: Florida

Docket No: SC05-1097

Case Date: 05/11/2006

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____________ No. SC05-1097 ____________ J.I.S., a child, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [May 11, 2006] PARIENTE, C.J. Is a juvenile delinquent who receives an indeterminate residential commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) entitled to credit for time served in secure detention before the commitment? The First District Court of Appeal, whose decision we review, answered this question in the negative but certified conflict "[t]o the extent our opinion conflicts with E.R. v. State, 584 So. 2d 158 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991), L.K. v. State, 729 So. 2d 1011 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999), J.B. v. State, 829 So. 2d 376 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002), and C.C. v. State, 841 So. 2d 657 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003)." J.I.S. v. State, 902 So. 2d 890, 892 (Fla. 1st DCA

2005). We exercise our discretionary jurisdiction to resolve the certified conflict. See art. V,

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