S.W. v. STATE, DEPT. OF JUVENILE JUSTICE

No. 4D08-2729.

987 So.2d 173 (2008)

S.W., a Juvenile, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE, The Palm Beach County State Attorney, et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis K. Hanna of Lewis K. Hanna, PA, Boca Raton, for petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melanie Dale Surber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent State of Florida.


PER CURIAM.

S.W. petitions for a writ of habeas corpus seeking release from secure detention, following commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice, while she awaits placement in a high-risk residential program. We grant the petition.

S.W. was on nonsecure home detention after she was found guilty of petty theft, a first degree misdemeanor, and admitted violating her probation in two other cases, each of which also involved one first degree misdemeanor...

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