C.H. v. MAKEMSON

No. 97-0793.

692 So.2d 302 (1997)

C.H., a child, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Robert MAKEMSON and Robert Peterson, Superintendent of the St. Lucie Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diamond R. Litty, Public Defender, and Jill M. Drake, Assistant Public Defender, Stuart, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sarah B. Mayer, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


SHAHOOD, Judge.

C.H. petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus with regard to a detention order of the juvenile court. We find the trial court exceeded its statutory authority. Having previously granted the petition by written order, we issue the following opinion.

The trial court placed petitioner into home detention care with electronic monitoring. Petitioner is awaiting a "moderate risk placement."

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