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§ 9-27-501. Extended juvenile jurisdiction designation

(a) The state may request an extended juvenile jurisdiction designation in a delinquency petition or file a separate motion if the: (1) Juvenile, under thirteen (13) years of age at the time of the alleged offense, is charged with capital murder, § 5-10-101, or murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102, and the state has […]

§ 9-27-502. Competency — Fitness to proceed — Lack of capacity

(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of § 5-2-301 et seq. shall apply to the following: (1) In any juvenile delinquency proceeding in which the juvenile’s fitness to proceed is put in issue by any party or the court; and (2) In juvenile delinquency proceedings in which extended juvenile […]

§ 9-27-503. Designation hearing

(a) (1) When a party requests an extended juvenile jurisdiction designation, the court shall hold a designation hearing within thirty (30) days if the juvenile is detained and no longer than ninety (90) days following the petition or motion requesting such designation. (2) These time limitations shall be tolled during the pendency of any competency […]

§ 9-27-504. Right to counsel

(a) An extended juvenile jurisdiction offender shall have a right to counsel at every stage of the proceedings, including all reviews. (b) This right to counsel cannot be waived.

§ 9-27-505. Extended juvenile jurisdiction adjudication

(a) An extended juvenile jurisdiction offender and the state shall have the right to a jury trial at the adjudication hearing. (b) The juvenile shall be advised of the right to a jury trial by the circuit court following a determination that the juvenile will be tried as an extended juvenile jurisdiction offender. (c) (1) […]

§ 9-27-506. Extended juvenile jurisdiction disposition hearing

If a juvenile is found delinquent as an extended juvenile jurisdiction offender, the circuit court shall enter the following dispositions: (1) Order any of the juvenile dispositions authorized by § 9-27-330; and (2) Suspend the imposition of an adult sentence pending court review.

§ 9-27-507. Extended juvenile jurisdiction court review hearing

(a) The state may petition the circuit court at any time to impose an adult sentence if the juvenile: (1) Has violated a juvenile disposition order; (2) Has been adjudicated delinquent or found guilty of committing a new offense; or (3) Is not amenable to rehabilitation in the juvenile system. (b) If the court finds […]

§ 9-27-508. Extended juvenile jurisdiction records

(a) Records of juveniles who are designated as extended juvenile jurisdiction offenders shall be kept for ten (10) years after the last adjudication of delinquency, date of plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or finding of guilt as an adult, or until the juvenile’s twenty-first birthday, whichever is longer. (b) (1) If an adult sentence […]

§ 9-27-510. Division of Correction — Placement

(a) (1) A juvenile who has received an adult sentence to the Division of Correction shall not be transported to the Division of Correction until the juvenile is sixteen (16) years of age. (2) If a juvenile receives a sentence to the Division of Correction before the juvenile’s sixteenth birthday, the juvenile shall be housed […]