C.W.P. v. State

DAUKSCH, Judge.

Petitioner filed a petition for writ of habe-as corpus and tMs court ordered a response. The attorney general responded and this court considered both in reaching its decision to grant the writ and require the immediate release of the petitioner. This opimon explains the reason for the granting of the writ.

At issue was the authority of the court to order the secure detention of a juvenile who had been found guilty of a delinquent act. Here, the court found the child guilty of “loitering or prowling,” withheld adjudication *1193of delinquency and ordered a disposition hearing twelve…