Legal Opinion
J.L.B. v. Kelly
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 1, 2012No. 2D12-2812PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, Judge.
J.L.B. petitioned this court for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging the validity of his detention pending juvenile delinquency proceedings. Because J.L.B. was released from detention shortly after the petition was filed, we dismissed the petition as moot. However, because the improper scoring of the Risk Assessment Instrument (RAI) by the circuit court is capable of repetition yet evading review, see T.T. v. Esieves, 828 So.2d 449, 450 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002), we issue this opinion.
When J.L.B. appeared before the court for an initial detention hearing, he scored nine points on the…
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