Florida Department of Juvenile Justice v. Hallam
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice v. Hallam
Opinion of the Court
After the juvenile L.W.P. was found in direct contempt of court by the circuit .court, Seventh judicial Circuit, and sentenced to five days secure detention in the Alachua Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Petitioner, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in this Court contending that L.W.P. was being illegally detained.
PETITION GRANTED.
. The Fifth District Court of Appeal has jurisdiction over direct appeals from the Seventh Judicial Circuit. § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (2015). We have jurisdiction to address the petition despite the contempt order being issued from the Seventh Judicial Circuit, because the juvenile was, being detained in Alachua County, Eighth Judicial .Circuit, which is within the territorial jurisdiction of this Court. See Alachua Reg’l Juvenile Det. Ctr. v. T.O., 684 So.2d 814 (Fla. 1996); § 35.02, Fla. Stat. (2015).
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