D.F. v. HOUSEL

No. 4D09-1867.

10 So.3d 694 (2009)

D.F., a child, Petitioner, v. Kevin HOUSEL, Superintendent, Regional Juvenile Detention Center, St. Lucie County, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 21, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diamond R. Litty, Public Defender, and Rebecca Hill, Assistant Public Defender, Fort Pierce, for petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

D.F., a child, petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus, seeking release from secure detention, which he argues the St. Lucie circuit court ordered without sufficient written findings. We grant the petition.

D.F. was arrested on a charge of assault with intent to do violence when, in the presence of law enforcement, he threatened to punch his grandmother in the mouth. He scored only one point on his Risk Assessment Instrument (RAI), but...

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