OKLAHOMA
Indigent Defense System

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   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)