W.B.T. v. ESTEVES

No. 4D02-2943.

825 So.2d 1055 (2002)

W.B.T., a child, Petitioner, v. Enoc ESTEVES, Superintendent, Broward Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan H. Schreiber, Public Defender and Donald J. Cannorozzi, Assistant Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and August A. Bonavita, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


KLEIN, J.

Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he is being illegally held in secure detention for more than twenty-one days, in violation of the applicable statute. Although his petition, as with several others involving the same issue which were recently filed with this court, has become moot, we address the issue because it is arising repeatedly. Kight v. Dugger, 574 So.2d 1066, 1068 (Fla. 1990)(where...

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