J.W. v. DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE

No. 99-1846.

742 So.2d 320 (1999)

J.W., A Child, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Broadus, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Daniel A. David, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

J.W., a juvenile, petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus, contending that his placement in secure detention is illegal. For the reasons set forth below, we deny the petition.

J.W. was charged in two separate delinquency petitions with sexual battery on a child under 12 years of age by a defendant less than 18 years of age. If charged as an adult, these offenses would be life felonies. § 794.011(2)(b), Fla. Stat. (1997). He was originally...

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