S 3278
Requires waiver of juvenile to adult criminal court for certain criminal homicide offenses involving stalking.
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Bill overview
This bill changes the process for juvenile defendants charged with criminal homicide offenses involving stalking in New Jersey. It requires a court to waive the juvenile’s case to adult criminal court if the juvenile is 15 or older and there’s evidence of criminal homicide and stalking behavior. The bill also outlines how the case would proceed in adult court, including a presumption of serving a sentence in a juvenile facility until age 21, with potential transfer to adult facilities under certain circumstances. Finally, it provides for the juvenile case to be remanded to the juvenile court for sentencing if the juvenile is not convicted of the homicide offense.
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Michael Testa
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