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M.P. v. GARDNER

No. 4D03-346.

838 So.2d 711 (2003)

M.P., a child, Petitioner, v. Janice GARDNER, Superintendent of the Palm Beach Juvenile Detention Center, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 12, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Daniel Marshall, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner, M.P., a juvenile, filed an emergency petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking discharge from secure detention. Petitioner essentially argued that his detention was illegal because the trial court had failed to enter a written order with reasons for his secure detention, a departure from the risk assessment instrument (RAI) which qualified him for nonsecure or home detention. After this court issued an order to show cause and received a State...

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