State v. Verhagen

This appeal concerns the "reverse waiver" proceedings contemplated by § 970.032, Stats. That statute authorizes the adult criminal court, which otherwise has exclusive original jurisdiction pursuant to § 48.183, Stats., over a child alleged to have committed a battery under special cir cumstances, to transfer jurisdiction to the juvenile court.

We have previously granted David E. Verhagen's petition for leave to appeal the trial court's nonfinal order retaining original adult court jurisdiction in this criminal prosecution which alleges that Verhagen, a juvenile, committed a battery to an…