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A.M. v. HOUSEL

No. 4D07-84.

948 So.2d 993 (2007)

A.M., a Child, Petitioner, v. Kevin HOUSEL, Superintendent of the St. Lucie Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 21, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diamond R. Litty, Public Defender, Fort Pierce, and Usha Maharajh, Assistant Public Defender, Stuart, for petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Katherine Y. McIntire, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

The petitioner sought habeas corpus relief claiming continued custody in secure detention past his 19th birthday was illegal. We agreed and issued an order granting the petition and commanding the respondent to release the child. This opinion explains why the child was entitled to release.

The lower court, on October 5, 2006, entered a disposition order after the child admitted to violating community...

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