T.B. v. WRIGHT

No. 96-2965.

679 So.2d 82 (1996)

T.B., a child, Petitioner, v. Cassandra WRIGHT, Superintendent of the Broward Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan H. Schreiber, Public Defender, and Ty Terrell, Assistant Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and James J. Carney, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


WARNER, Judge.

We grant the petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by the juvenile petitioner on the ground that the juvenile cannot be held on the charge of burglary beyond the 21 day statutory period without good cause. Reliance on the juvenile's prior record and perceived danger to the community do not constitute good cause under section 39.044(5)(d), Florida Statutes (1995), for extending the 21-day limit on detention prior to the commencement of an adjudicatory...

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