MEADOWS v. KRISCHER

No. 99-3295.

763 So.2d 1087 (1999)

Hershel MEADOWS, Petitioner, v. Barry KRISCHER, State Attorney, 15th Judicial Circuit, for the State of Florida; and 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, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Kenneth N. Johnson, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard L. Polin, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, for respondents.


STEVENSON, J.

Petitioner/Ryce Act respondent, Hershel Meadows, a convicted sex offender whose prison sentence has expired, seeks release from custody and raises several challenges on jurisdictional grounds to the custodial warrant and proceedings filed against him under the Jimmy Ryce Act. See §§ 394.910-931, Fla. Stat. (1999). For the reasons stated below, Meadows' challenges lack merit, and we deny the petition for "writ of habeas corpus and/or...

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