C.W.P. v. State

I agree that the writ should issue because the juvenile was not adjudicated delinquent; however, I hasten to add that had the juvenile been adjudicated delinquent, I would reach a different result. For the reasons outlined below, I do not agree that “all orders of detention must be based upon record-supported written findings in compliance with section 39.042(1).”

In January 1994, a petition was filed against the appellant, a juvenile, for the offense of loitering and prowling on 4 December 1993, a violation of section 866.021(1), Florida Statutes (1993). An attorney was appointed to represent…