Court Opinion

ID: 9669489
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 02:57:18.868317+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:57.203870
License: Public Domain

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, J.
(concurring). Section 48.12 clearly provides that the offender's age at the time the jurisdiction of the court is invoked determines whether the juvenile court or the criminal court should exercise its jurisdiction in the first instance. Section 48.12(1) governs when juvenile jurisdiction attaches; sec. 48.18(1) governs when juvenile jurisdiction may be relinquished.
I urge the legislature to reexamine these statutes. Inequities may often result when the state can prosecute offenses in adult court many years after the minor committed the offense.