SHEPPARD v. WILLIAMS

No. 66-454.

193 So.2d 191 (1966)

Ben J. SHEPPARD, Donald E. Stone, and Dixie Herlong Chastain, As Judges of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court in and for Dade County, Florida, Appellants, v. Charles WILLIAMS, by His Mother and Next Friend, Emma Williams Seymour, for Himself and All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

December 27, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Arden M. Siegendorf, Asst. Atty. Gen., Irving M. Wolff, Miami, for appellants.

Tobias Simon, Miami, for appellee.

Before HENDRY, C.J., and CARROLL and SWANN, JJ.


HENDRY, Chief Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal from an order of the Circuit Court denying defendant's motion to dismiss.

The plaintiff, a minor, through his next friend and as a member of a class which consists of indigent juveniles detained in Youth Hall, a juvenile detention facility in Dade County, filed a complaint seeking a declaration of their right to counsel, right to be advised of the choice of courts, right to be released pending trial, and...

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