Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed October 27, 2017.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D17-2312
Lower Tribunal No. 16-2434
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Ishsha Shalem,
Petitioner,
vs.
Daniel Junior, etc., et al.,
Respondents.
A Case of Original Jurisdiction – Habeas Corpus.
Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Natasha Baker-Bradley, Assistant
Public Defender, for petitioner.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Christina L. Dominguez, Assistant
Attorney General, for respondent State of Florida.
Before SUAREZ, LOGUE, and LINDSEY, JJ.
SUAREZ, J.
Petitioner Ishsha Shalem petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus
claiming her pretrial detention without bond is unlawful. We grant the petition for
writ of habeas corpus and remand this cause to the trial court.
A review of the record shows that the Petitioner was ordered detained
without any condition for pretrial release pending trial. She was originally arrested
on February 5, 2016 and a bond was set. The information charged the Petitioner
with one count of child neglect with no harm. Petitioner was to appear for
arraignment on March 16, 2016 and failed to appear. She was arrested on capias
warrant on October 18, 2017 and her case was heard twice, on October 18 and 19,
2017. Bond was requested but denied. The record and transcripts from the
hearings show that the requirements of section 907.041, Florida Statutes (2017)
and Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.131 and 3.132 were not followed, and
the trial court failed to make the proper findings before ordering pretrial detention.
Therefore, we grant the petition for habeas corpus and remand this cause to
the trial court. The State shall have until 5:00 p.m. Friday October 27, 2017, to file
a legally sufficient motion for pretrial detention if it chooses to do so. The trial
court shall, no later than Monday, October 30, 2017, conduct a hearing pursuant to
Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.131 and 3.132, to determine appropriate
conditions of release or detention, and any pretrial detention order shall comport
with the requirements of section 907.041, Florida Statutes (2017). The defendant
shall remain in custody pending the determination of pretrial release or detention.
This opinion shall take effect immediately notwithstanding the filing or
disposition of any motion for rehearing.
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