K.P. v. State

In this juvenile proceeding, petitioner K.P. seeks from this court a writ of habeas corpus challenging an order of secure detention. Though it appears from the face of the order that he will already have been released from the fifteen-day secure detention that the trial court ordered, we consider it an issue capable of repetition and tending to evade review,1 so we will address it.- -

K.P. was originally placed on probation for the charge of possession of less than twenty grams of cannabis. He was later charged with violating probation. The January 20, 2007, risk assessment instrument for K.P.…