P.M., A JUVENILE, PETITIONER,
v.
DARRELL CARTER, ETC., RESPONDENT
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PER CURIAM.
By writ of habeas corpus, P.M., a juvenile, seeks release from detention at the Dade Juvenile Detention Center.
Pursuant to a hearing on the state’s detention petition, the trial court found that petitioner met the criteria enumerated in section 39.044(2)(f)(2), Florida Statutes (Supp.1994).
That section requires a finding that the juvenile “ ‘[h]as a record of law violation prior to court hearings.’” As the First District observed in D.B. v. State, 544 So. 2d 1108 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989), this provision requires a finding that the law violations were committed “between the time of an arrest or initial detention and a final hearing on the charges.” Id. at 1109.
Here, there were no such violations, however, the trial court was under the mistaken belief that a violation of a the law at any time in the past would justify continued detention. As the court noted in D.B., such a construction effectively removes the phrase “prior to court hearings” from a fair reading of the statute. The state agrees. Because the trial judge ordered petitioner detained on an erroneous basis, we grant the petition and order the petitioner discharged forthwith.
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