Z.J. v. State

Z.J., a juvenile, petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, seeking immediate release from secure detention. We grant the petition to the extent set forth in this opinion.

Z.J. was arrested on July 6, 2017, and was ordered into secure detention the next day, following her entry of a no contest plea to the charge of grand theft of a motor vehicle, a third-degree felony. The detention order provided, in part, that Z.J. be released in no later than 21 days, “unless an adjudicatory hearing has begun or a subsequent modification order is entered.” Five days later, the court ordered that the juvenile…