D.F. v. Housel

D.F., a child, petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus, seeking release from secure detention, which he argues the St. Lucie circuit court ordered without sufficient written findings. We grant the petition.

D.F. was arrested on a charge of assault with intent to do violence when, in the presence of law enforcement, he threatened to punch his grandmother in the mouth. He scored only one point on his Risk Assessment Instrument (RAI), but because his offense was one of domestic violence, he was ordered held in secure detention for twenty-one days at his initial detention hearing on May…