Opinion ID: 696597
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Availability of Treatment Past Age Nineteen

Text: 15 Next, defendant argues that the District Court erroneously concluded that defendant could not be kept in a juvenile facility beyond his nineteenth birthday. At the transfer hearing, Oldham testified that defendant could be kept in DYD's facilities until he reached nineteen. Oldham was then asked what would occur if defendant reached his nineteenth birthday without completing the program. Oldham initially stated that he did not know what would happen, and it would be speculative for him to guess. He then testified that he believed that defendant could remain past his nineteenth birthday if he had not yet completed the program. Based upon this testimony, the District Court's finding that defendant could not remain in the juvenile system after he reached nineteen was not clearly erroneous. Moreover, Oldham's testimony clearly indicated that the available programs were not designed to treat juveniles over the age of nineteen.