State v. Chavez

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This case asks us to determine whether a juvenile charged with a violent or serious violent *265offense has a state constitutional right to a jury trial, though other juveniles do not, and whether the legislature’s failure to define “assault” and the judiciary’s development of the elements of the crime violate constitutional separation of powers. We affirm the Court of Appeals and hold Azel L. Chavez had no right to a jury trial in juvenile proceedings and that the legislature did not violate the separation of powers doctrine by permitting the judiciary to define “assault.”

C. Johnson, J.

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