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2012 SESSION

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HB 718 Juveniles; transfer and trial as adults charged with certain offenses.

Introduced by: Terry G. Kilgore | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Juveniles; trial as adults.  Allows attorneys for the Commonwealth the discretion to have juveniles charged with repeat violations of certain drug offenses transferred to the circuit court for trial as an adult.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Juveniles; trial as adults.  Allows prosecutors the discretion to have juveniles charged with violations of certain gang offenses and repeat violations of certain drug offenses to be transferred to the circuit court for trial as an adult. The bill also provides that juveniles charged with an offense defined as an act of violence, if previously adjudicated delinquent of an act of violence, are automatically transferred to the circuit court for trial as an adult.