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J.M. v. STATE

Nos. 98-94, 98-96, 98-97, 98-99 and 98-100.

705 So.2d 98 (1998)

J.M., a Child, et al., Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

January 14, 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.

W. SHARP, Judge.

One issue is presented in this consolidated habeas corpus proceeding: can a juvenile court on its own motion order a child to remain in secure detention for 15 days while awaiting dispositional placement? The juvenile court in this case committed each of the five juvenile petitioners to the department for placement in a moderate risk facility, and ordered the children to be held in secure detention for "max time", 15 days, pending placement. Although...

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