State v. PABLO R.

¶ 1. The issue in this case is whether Pablo R., who committed an offense at age fourteen for which he could not have been waived into adult court had he been adjudicated as a juvenile, may now be waived into adult court as an adult because he absconded. Pabló observes that Wisconsin law establishes the juvenile's age at the time of the offense as determinative of the point at which the juvenile court can waive jurisdiction. He then argues that waiver is not possible here because Wis. Stat. § 938.18(l)(a) (1997-98) 1 limits the offenses for which a fourteen year old can be waived into adult…