A.W. v. STATE

No. 98-704.

711 So.2d 598 (1998)

A.W., a child, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and James G. Whitehouse, Assistant Public Defender, Holly Hill, for Petitioner.

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


GRIFFIN, Chief Judge.

Petitioner seeks a Writ of Habeas Corpus to obtain release from secure detention pending placement in a moderate risk residential program. We grant the writ.

This case is virtually identical to another recent case decided by this court, J.M. v. State, 705 So.2d 98 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998). In this new case, the child was committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice ["DJJ"], for placement in a moderate...

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