VALDEZ v. MOORE

No. 99-01334.

745 So.2d 964 (1999)

Roberto VALDEZ, John S. Smith, Amos Lee Gardner, and Ricky Rust, Petitioners, v. Michael W. MOORE, Secretary, Department of Corrections, and Judge Kathleen A. Kearney, Secretary, Department of Children and Families, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Dillinger, Public Defender, St. Petersburg for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard L. Polin, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondents.


ORDER TRANSFERRING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS TO FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

Petitioners filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Supreme Court of Florida challenging, among other things, the constitutionality of their pretrial detention under sections 916.31-.49, Florida Statutes (Supp.1998), commonly known as the Jimmy Ryce Act. On April 5, 1999, the Supreme Court of Florida transferred the petition to this court.

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