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J.T.F. v. HOUSEL

No. 4D09-4708.

37 So.3d 279 (2010)

J.T.F., a Child, Petitioner, v. Kevin HOUSEL, Superintendent, Regional Juvenile Detention Center, St. Lucie County, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 3, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diamond R. Litty, Public Defender, and Rebecca Hill, Assistant Public Defender, Vero Beach, for petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeanine M. Germanowicz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

J.T.F., a child, petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he has been illegally detained. He claims the court impermissibly stacked his detention in violation of section 985.27(1)(b), Florida Statutes (2007). We agree, but deny the petition as moot, now that J.T.F. has been subsequently placed in a moderate-risk residential commitment program.

The court miscalculated the amount of time that J.T.F. could be held in secure...

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