J.S. v. STATE

No. 5D16-98.

182 So.3d 890 (2016)

J.S., A Child, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

January 12, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Wesley , Public Defender, and Laura J. Klossner , Assistant Public Defender, Orlando, for Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Wesley Heidt Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.


J.S., a juvenile, petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, seeking his immediate release from custody. We grant the petition and order J.S.'s immediate release.

A child may not be held in secure or non-secure detention for more than twenty-one days unless an adjudicatory hearing for the case has been commenced. See § 985.26...

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