M.A.M. v. Vurro

VILLANTI, Judge.

M.A.M., a juvenile, filed an emergency petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking to be discharged from secure detention. By prior unpublished order, we granted the petition and advised that this opinion would follow to explain our reasoning. We conclude that, under the relevant statutory provisions, M.A.M. could not legally be held in secure detention for more than a total of twenty-one days.

On October 8, 2008, M.A.M. was charged with misdemeanor battery on a family member. Upon arrest, M.A.M. was placed in secure detention by a juvenile probation officer (“JPO”). A “Juvenile…