In the Matter of the Welfare of L.J.S. and J.T.K.
Minnesota Court of Appeals
539 N.W.2d 408 (1995)
- Written by Deanna Curl, JD
Facts
In 1994, the Minnesota legislature amended state laws related to juvenile-court jurisdiction and the transfer of juvenile cases for criminal proceedings. Under the extended-jurisdiction statute, when a juvenile is 16 or 17 years old and charged with an offense that would result in presumptive imprisonment under sentencing guidelines or a felony using a firearm, a prosecutor could file for extended juvenile jurisdiction in the delinquency petition. Extended jurisdiction then allows the court to impose a juvenile disposition subject to a stayed adult penalty. A separate statute allowed the same category of offenders to be subject to a rebuttable presumption of certification for adult prosecution. L.J.S. and J.T.K. (defendants) challenged the constitutionality of the statutes in separate cases. The trial court denied the constitutional challenges but certified questions regarding the constitutional issues to the appellate court.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Lansing, J.)
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