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M.W. v. LOFTHIEM

No. 2D03-3414.

855 So.2d 683 (2003)

M.W., Petitioner, v. Jon LOFTHIEM, Director, Polk Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 1, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Robert V. Hartman, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Petitioner.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard M. Fishkin, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

M.W. petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the legality of his confinement for contempt. We previously directed a stay of the trial court's detention order and ordered M.W.'s release pending our further review. We now grant the petition and vacate the order of detention.

On July 24, 2003, M.W. was before the trial court for disposition on a charge of petit theft. The trial court imposed probation and withheld adjudication...

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