P.M. v. Carter

By writ of habeas corpus, P.M., a juvenile, seeks release from detention at the Dade Juvenile Detention Center. Pursuant to a hearing on the state’s detention petition, the trial court found that petitioner met the criteria enumerated in section 39.044(2)(f)(2), Florida Statutes (Supp.1994). That section requires a finding that the juvenile “ ‘[h]as a record of law violation prior to court hearings.’” As the First District observed in D.B. v. State, 544 So.2d 1108 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989), this provision requires a finding that the law violations were committed “between the time of an arrest or…