JUVENILE
ADJUDICATION / CERTIFICATION
B.D.S. v. State, COCA Case No. J-2001-80, (May 14, 2001)
(Juvenile Certification, Lack of Service, Remanded to treat as youthful
offender)
B.J.S. v. State, COCA Case No. J-2011-0475
(October 25, 2011)
(Juvenile Adjudication/Certification) State’s failure to appeal
certification of client as juvenile cannot be circumvented by dismissing the
juvenile action and refiling as an adult/YO case.
C.C. v. State, COCA Case No.
J-2004-741 (November 9,
2004)
(Juvenile adjudication) Adjudication affirmed, but the restitution order
modified and/or clarified to reflect the total amount to be paid by Appellant
and his co-defendant.
C.E.B. v. State, COCA Case No.
J-2014-108 (May 14, 2014)
(Youthful Offender; Abuse of Discretion) Bridging to DOC after successful
completion of YO rehab program was an abuse of discretion.
C.L.P. v.
State, COCA Case No. J-2020-87 (July 30,
2020) (Juvenile Adjudication/Certification) Adjudication on forcible sodomy
vacated and modified to alternate theory of lewd proposals/acts.
D.I.S. v. State, COCA Case No. J-2013-0130 (June 14, 2013)
(Juvenile Adjudication/Certification; Evidence, Sufficiency) Adjudication on
three counts of A&B with Dangerous Weapon vacated with instructions to dismiss
due to insufficient evidence.
D.R.F. v. State, COCA Case No.
J-2010-653 (December 1, 2010)
(Juvenile Adjudication/Certification; Sentence, Abuse of Discretion)
Evidence revealed Appellant was amenable to treatment and likely to be
rehabilitated. Belief that Appellant would discontinue treatment/rehabilitation
without adult sanction was an erroneous presumption. "The speculative fear that
Appellant might discontinue treatment is not great enough to override the
statute’s favoring of juvenile retention." District Court order sustaining
State’s motion to certify as an adult reversed with instructions to retain as a
child.
G.S. v. State, COCA Case No. J-2001-878
(February 8, 2002)
J.F. v. State, COCA Case No. J-2011-514
(October 12, 2011)
(Juvenile Adjudication/Certification) Defendant certified as a juvenile and
the State appealed. "After the State failed to appear at oral argument"...the
case was decided on the briefs, and the certification was upheld.
J.F. v. State, COCA Case No. J-1999-105, (Oct. 1, 1999)
(Juvenile Adjudication, Accomplice Corroboration, accomplices may not be
used to corroborate each other)
J.J.A. v. State, COCA Case No. J-2001-616, Oct. 24, 2001)
(Juvenile Adjudication, Bruton error)
J.L.H. v. State, COCA Case No. J-2001-57, (Oct. 2, 2001)
(Juvenile Adjudication, Victim’s Compensation Assessment excessive)
J.M.D. v. State, COCA Case No.
J-2016-0745 (December 14, 2016)
(Juvenile Adjudication/Certification; Evidence, Sufficiency) Delinquency
adjudication reversed with instructions to dismiss. Evidence insufficient to
prove “Endeavoring to Perform an Act of Violence.”
J.M.F. v. State, ex rel. Oklahoma County District Court, COCA
Case No. MA-2018-296 (April 5, 2018)
(Juvenile Adjudication/Certification) Indigent juvenile entitled to transcripts
at public expense; trial court can seek reimbursement if parents found able to
pay.
J.M.J. v. State, COCA Case No. J-2000-689, (Aug. 10, 2000)
(Adult certification reversed)
J.R.L. v. State, COCA Case No. J-2000-1066, (Nov. 30, 2000)
(Youthful Offender, Evidence, psychological evaluation necessary)
J.S. v. State, COCA Case No.
J-2004-662 (October 1,
2004)
(Juvenile Adjudication/Certification) Adjudication affirmed, but modified from
Burglary 2nd degree to illegal entry.
K.D.E. v. State, COCA Case No. J-2003-504 (September 2,
2003)
(Juvenile Adjudication/Certification) Order bridging Appellant to adult
sentence was based on a violation report issued by OJA that was subsequently
overturned. Appellant ordered back to treatment as Youthful Offender.
K.R.J. v. State, COCA Case No. J-2000-481, (July 12, 2000)
(Adult certification reversed for Youthful Offender Hearing)
Kolander, James v. State, COCA Case No. C-1998-871, (July
26, 1999)
(Guilty Plea, Jurisdiction lacking over juvenile defendant)
K.T.L. v. State, J-2011-462
(September 27, 2011)
(Juvenile Adjudication/Certification; Abuse of Discretion) District Court’s
order denying motion for certification as a juvenile was an abuse of discretion
where substantial evidence supported K.T.L.’s motion to be treated as a
juvenile. Reversed and remanded for certification as a juvenile.
M.C. E. v. State, COCA Case No. J-1998-1194, (July 16, 1999)
(Evidence, Sufficiency, Malicious Injury to Property)
M.D.M v. State, COCA Case No. J-2010-839 (January
25, 2011)
(Juvenile Adjudication/Certification) Trial court abused its discretion in
ordering adult sentencing after finding that your could be treated and public
could be protected by YO program. Remanded for sentencing as a Youthful
Offender.
M.G. v. State, COCA Case No. J-2000-690, (Jan. 11, 2001)
(Juvenile Adjudication, Notice, Service on Parents)
M.T.G. v. State, COCA Case No.
J-2018-402 (July 12, 2018)
(Juvenile Adjudication/Certification) Remanded for defendant to be charged as a
youthful offender.
State v. M.W., COCA Case No.
JS-2018-0917 (January 3, 2019)
(State Appeals; Juvenile Adjudication/Certification) District judge’s ruling
certifying accused for trial as juvenile affirmed.
R.J.T. v. State, COCA Case No. J-2011-394
(October 28, 2011)
(Juvenile Adjudication/Certification) State appealed certification of youth
as a juvenile, rather than youthful offender, on arson charges. No abuse of
discretion found; ruling for youth to be prosecuted as a juvenile affirmed.
R.W.P. v. State, COCA Case No. J-1999-1634, (April 6, 2000)
(Juvenile, Lack of Service on Parents)
S.J.R. v. State, COCA Case No.
J-2004-149 (June 23, 2004)
(Juvenile Adjudication/Certification) Certification as adult on misdemeanor
charge vacated.
State v. M.H., COCA Case No. J-2008-800
(January 16, 2009)
(Youthful Offender) State failed to rebut evidence that Defendant should
receive treatment as a Youthful Offender.
T.A.G. v. State,
COCA Case No. J-2000-452, (Oct. 6, 2000)
(Juvenile Adjudication, Sufficiency of Evidence)
T.C.S. v. State, COCA Case No.
J-2003-1180 (April 1, 2004)
(Juvenile Adjudication/ Acceleration; Evidence - Sufficiency) With no evidence
to corroborate the testimony of alleged accomplice, insufficient evidence to
support conviction. Reversed and remanded for new trial.
T.T. v. State, COCA Case No. J-2014-980
(March 16, 2015)
(Juvenile Adjudication/Certification; Due Process) Record insufficient to
demonstrate waiver of jury trial was knowingly and intelligently entered.
Remanded
Wall, Josh v. State, COCA Case No. F-1998-674, (Sept. 1, 1999)
(Youthful Offender procedures not followed, reversed for new trial)