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D. H. v. POLEN

No. 80-1679.

396 So.2d 1189 (1981)

D. H., Petitioner, v. The Honorable Mark E. POLEN, As Circuit Judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, the Honorable Sam McCormack, As Superintendent of the Pompano Juvenile Detention Facility, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 15, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan H. Schreiber, Public Defender, and Pamela Burdick, Asst. Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Ondina Felipe, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondents.

HURLEY, Judge.

A petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed on October 2, 1980, seeking petitioner's release from the Pompano Juvenile Detention Facility. We ordered a response and reply thereto, notwithstanding that the question might become moot. On October 8, 1980, petitioner was released to his mother and the case became moot. Nonetheless, we retained jurisdiction since the petition raised a recurring question of public importance which, if not resolved, would...

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