T.M. v. STATE

No. 4D10-2938.

39 So.3d 559 (2010)

T.M., a child, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Diane F. Medley, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

T.M., a child, petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he has been illegally detained in secure detention. T.M. takes issue with the court's finding that he is an "absconder." See § 985.255(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (2009). We grant the petition having reviewed the record as well as the third district's decision in B.M. v. Dobuler, 979 So.2d 308 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008).

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