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Committee reconsiders bill S186 after testimony that it could allow juveniles to plead to unrelated charges in criminal court
Summary
On Feb. 20 the Government Operations committee revisited bill S186 after testimony that, as drafted, it would let juveniles enter plea agreements in criminal court to offenses unrelated to the charge creating criminal-jurisdiction, prompting calls to require a 'nexus' or limit pleas to related or lesser-included offenses.
The Government Operations committee on Feb. 20 reopened debate on bill S186 after witnesses warned the measure, as written, could allow juveniles charged with serious offenses to be kept in adult criminal court by pleading to unrelated misdemeanors.
Tom, chief superior judge, told the committee he would confine his remarks to operational impacts and said the measure could improve efficiency "in some ways, allowing the case to be resolved in the criminal division if the parties reach the agreement as the bill allows." He warned, however, that "there is no connection between the offense that causes jurisdiction in the criminal division and the offense that the individual could agree to plead to," and that under the current text "parties could agree to plead to a misdemeanor charge of unlawful trespass…
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