K.E. v. DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE

No. 1D07-2915.

963 So.2d 864 (2007)

K.E., a child, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, John W. Hedrick, Assistant Public Defender, and Spencer Bishins, Certified Legal Intern, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Trisha Meggs Pate, Assistant Attorney General, and Heather F. Ross, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee; Jennifer Parker, General Counsel, Department of Juvenile Justice, Tallahassee, for Respondent.


PADOVANO, J.

K.E., a child, petitioned this court for a writ of habeas corpus to challenge the validity of her detention, pending the outcome of a juvenile delinquency proceeding. The court granted the petition and issued an order directing the Department of Juvenile Justice to release the child. By this opinion, we now state the reasons for granting relief.

The child was accused of committing a battery on her mother and resisting a police officer without...

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