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W.W. v. STATE

No. 79-838/T4-498.

388 So.2d 1317 (1980)

In the Interest of W.W., JR., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

October 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Jon May, Legal Intern, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Chief, Appellate Division, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Edwin H. Duff, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

COWART, Judge.

Appellant, a dependent child with a history of psychiatric treatment and hospitalization, ran away before his first adjudicatory hearing on delinquency charges relating to stealing $1.25 from a vending machine. He was apprehended and placed in a detention home. He wanted to return to a hospital. On the night before his second scheduled adjudicatory hearing, he pounded on the walls, threatened suicide and scratched his wrists and knuckles. He was taken...

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