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Florida Attorney General Reports

Decided August 28, 1995Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable O. L. Raulerson, Jr. Sheriff, Okeechobee County Post Office Drawer 1397 Okeechobee, Florida 34973

Dear Sheriff Raulerson:

You ask substantially the following questions:

1. Does section 39.061, Florida Statutes (1994 Supp.), the juvenile escape provision, allow the State of Florida to prosecute juveniles committed by a court of another state which retains legal custody of these juveniles when these juveniles abscond from a juvenile facility that is located in Florida but is operated by the other state?

2. If not, under what authority can a sheriff detain such juveniles?

3. May these…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. B.H. v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
  2. State v. RamseySupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  3. In Interest of CJWSupreme Court of Florida · 1979
  4. United States v. John Leslie DepewCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
  5. K.A.N. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991

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