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YES. Any person under the age of sixteen, so
long as he/she is sufficiently competent to understand the
difference between right and wrong, can be charged in a
juvenile petition with any criminal offense that an adult may
be charged with. In certain serious felony cases, the State
may seek to treat a juvenile as an adult and to transfer
his/her case to Superior Court for trial as an adult.
Conviction of certain serious felony offenses as a juvenile
may also be used to enhance or aggravate a sentence later
imposed upon the person as an adult. Therefore, it is just as
important to have an experienced attorney representing a
juvenile as it is an adult in the same criminal case. |
