R.A.P. v. PARKINS

No. 1D08-4513.

994 So.2d 414 (2008)

R.A.P., a Child, Petitioner, v. Charles PARKINS, Superintendent of the Alachua Regional Juvenile Detention Center and The State of Florida, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 22, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Richard Parker, Public Defender, and Susan Sheahan, Assistant Public Defender, Gainesville, for Petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Trisha Meggs Pate, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondents.


PER CURIAM.

R.A.P., a juvenile who was charged with violating his probation without committing a new law offense, petitioned this court for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that secure detention is not authorized in this circumstance. We agreed and ordered his release. We now publish this opinion to set forth our reasoning.

Petitioner was found to be delinquent and was committed to a term in a moderate risk program to be followed by probation. After the probation...

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