State v. Goode
This text of 779 So. 2d 544 (State v. Goode) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering District Court of Appeal of Florida primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The State appeals from an order dismissing an involuntary civil commitment petition against Darren Goode as a sexually violent predator. The State filed the petition pursuant to the Jimmy Ryce Act, [545]*545sections 394.910-394.930, Florida Statutes (1999). The issue presented is whether the failure to bring the respondent to trial within thirty days of the initial probable cause determination, pursuant to section 394.916, Florida Statutes (1999), is a proper basis for dismissal of the petition.1 On our own motion, pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 9.125, we certify that the trial court’s order requires immediate resolution by the Florida Supreme Court because the issue pending is of great public importance and has a great effect on the proper administration of justice throughout the state.
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