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S.G. v. VURRO

No. 2D11-4944.

77 So.3d 897 (2012)

S.G., a child, Petitioner, v. Vincent VURRO, as superintendent of the Southwest Florida Juvenile Detention Center, Department of Juvenile Justice, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen A. Smith , Public Defender, and Benjamin Abdulnour , Assistant Public Defender, Punta Gorda, for Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jonathan P. Hurley , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent.

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

S.G., a child, was found to be in indirect criminal contempt of a truancy order and sentenced to five days of secure detention in the Southwest Florida Juvenile Detention Center. He filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, asserting that a sentence to secure detention in a case such as his is illegal. S.G. has since been released. However, we decline to dismiss the petition as moot because the issue presented...

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