A.W. v. State

GRIFFIN, Chief Judge.

Petitioner seeks a Writ of Habeas Corpus to obtain release from secure detention pending placement in a moderate risk residential program. We grant the writ.

This case is virtually identical to another recent case decided by this court, J.M. v. State, 705 So.2d 98 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998). In this new case, the child was committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice [“DJJ”], for placement in a moderate risk facility after disposition in several cases pending against her. At the hearing, the lower court re-prised briefly the child’s history, which apparently included an attack…