L.S. v. DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE

No. 1D01-415.

779 So.2d 633 (2001)

L.S., a child, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 8, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Daniels, Public Defender, and John W. Hedrick, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Karen M. Holland, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.


LEWIS, J.

L.S., a juvenile, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus arguing that the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) had lost jurisdiction over him. This court granted relief by an unpublished order and directed that L.S. be released from custody. We now write to explain our decision.

L.S. entered a plea to various offenses committed in March 1999. In a predisposition report filed with the trial court, DJJ recommended that L.S. be adjudicated delinquent...

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