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T.D.L. v. CHINAULT

No. 90-01069.

570 So.2d 1335 (1990)

T.D.L., a Child, Petitioner, v. Greg CHINAULT, Director, Polk County Juvenile Detention Center, and/or Lawrence Crow, Sheriff, Polk County, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 11, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Howardene Garrett, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Stephen A. Baker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondents.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner T.D.L., a juvenile, seeks a writ of habeas corpus to secure his release from custody. We find that T.D.L.'s present custody status is without lawful basis and grant the petition. T.D.L. was sentenced to an unusual combination of secure detention followed by incarceration in county jail to punish an act which might have constituted direct criminal contempt. We hold that the trial court had no authority...

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