(DOWNLOAD) "State V. Goode" by Florida Supreme Court ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State V. Goode
- Author : Florida Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 17, 2002
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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We have for review a trial court judgment certified by the district court of appeal to be of great public importance and to require immediate resolution by this Court. See State v. Goode, 779 So. 2d 544 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(5), Fla. Const. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the trial court's order dismissing the involuntary civil commitment proceedings against the appellee, Darren Jerome Goode, initiated upon the expiration of his sentence of imprisonment, because a trial was not commenced within the mandatory thirty-day time period provided by statute, and no continuance for good cause was ordered prior to the expiration of that period. We further hold, however, that the expiration of the mandatory thirty-day period does not deprive the trial court of jurisdiction over the commitment proceedings.