W.C. v. SMITH

No. 1D05-0614.

898 So.2d 1137 (2005)

W.C., a child, and Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, Petitioners, v. Robert SMITH, Superintendent, Okaloosa Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 31, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian D. Berkowitz, Chief Assistant General Counsel, Department of Juvenile Justice, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Daniel A. David, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.


VAN NORTWICK, J.

The Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus asserting that W.C., a child, was being unlawfully detained because the secure detention order entered by the trial court failed to show that W.C. was afforded the due process requirements provided by statute and rule. The respondent, Robert Smith, Superintendent of Okaloosa Regional Juvenile Detention Center, correctly conceded that W.C. was entitled to relief. We...

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