C.L.C. v. State

C.L.C., a juvenile, petitions for a writ of habeas corpus seeking release to a less restrictive form of detention. Following an adjudication of delinquency, the trial court ordered that C.L.C. be held in secure detention pending dispositional placement in a high-risk residential program. The risk assessment instrument (RAI) prepared in C.L.C.’s ease did not authorize secure detention. The trial court, however, provided clear and convincing written reasons for ordering secure detention pursuant to the “departure provision” of the juvenile detention statute. See § 985.215(2), Fla. Stat. (2003);…