Assembly Bill No. 60–Committee on Judiciary

 

(On Behalf of the District Attorney’s Association)

 

February 10, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

SUMMARY—Provides that decision of juvenile court to deny certification of child for criminal proceedings as adult may be appealed. (BDR 5‑280)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to the juvenile court; providing that a decision of the juvenile court to deny certification of a child for criminal proceedings as an adult may be appealed; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. NRS 62.291 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  62.291  1.  Appeals from the orders of the court may be taken

1-3  to the Supreme Court in the same manner as appeals in civil cases

1-4  are taken.

1-5  2.  For the purposes of this section, a decision to deny

1-6  certification of a child for criminal proceedings as an adult is a

1-7  final judgment from which an appeal may be taken.

1-8  Sec. 2.  The amendatory provisions of this act apply to a

1-9  decision to deny certification of a child for criminal proceedings as

1-10  an adult that is made on or after October 1, 2003.

 

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