C.R.C. v. Portesy

C.A.C. and C.R.C. are juveniles who have filed habeas corpus petitions challenging their placement in secure detention prior to an adjudicatory hearing. After determining that each juvenile was entitled to relief, we granted the respective petitions by unpublished order. We now issue this opinion to explain our reasons for doing so.

We consolidate these two cases because they present the same issue; namely, whether ten points may be scored for a burglary of an .unoccupied dwelling on the Risk Assessment Instrument (RAI) , which form is used to assess and determine a juvenile’s placement in…