G.L. v. State

G.L., a juvenile, petitions this court for the grant of a writ of habeas corpus. Because the record is woefully inadequate, we have little choice but to deny the petition without prejudice.

Briefly, the trial court accepted G.L.’s guilty plea to a possession of marijuana charge. At the first dispositional hearing, the judge placed him in Restrictiveness Level Six, even though the Department of Juvenile Justice (“DJJ”), recommended probation. G.L. was originally held in a juvenile detention center by virtue of an order to “remain detained pending placement,” but upon later vacation of the order…