Opinion ID: 1709584
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: State v. Luis H.

Text: ถ 8. Luis H. was 13 years old when the State initiated delinquency proceedings charging him with first degree sexual assault of a child, in violation of Wis. Stat. ง 948.02(1). Prior to any adjudication of delinquency, Luis filed an objection to the court's failure to provide him with a jury trial. The case was then consolidated with Hezzie R.. ถ 9. The same circuit court that determined that Hezzie's due process rights would be violated since he would be subject to placement in the SJOP determined that Wis. Stat. ง 938.31(2) was not unconstitutional on its face and that Luis's due process rights would not be violated by the absence of a jury trial. The court reached its disparate determinations in Hezzie and Luis H. based on its conclusion that while the punitive aspects of the SJOP required a jury determination of delinquency in Hezzie's case, juveniles like Luis not potentially subject to placement in the SJOP were not entitled to a jury. [3] ถ 10. Luis then pursued a permissive appeal under Wis. Stat. ง 808.03(2), and the circuit court stayed further proceedings pending his appeal. This court accepted the case on bypass and consolidated it with the two other matters.