V.J.R. v. STATE

No. 98-663.

706 So.2d 417 (1998)

V.J.R., a Child, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. DuRocher, Public Defender, and Sunia Y. Marsh, Assistant Public Defender, Orlando, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Belle B. Turner, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


THOMPSON, Judge.

The petitioner, V.J.R, a child, seeks a writ of habeas corpus to obtain release from secured detention. We grant the petition.

Section 985.215(10)(a)(1), Florida Statutes, requires that a child committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice (D.J.J.) awaiting dispositional placement be removed from detention within 5 days, unless D.J.J. seeks an order authorizing continued detention not to exceed 15 days. D.J.J. has not moved for an extension...

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