JLS v. State

759 P.2d 239 (1988)

J.L.S., Appellant,

v.

STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee.

No. J-88-186.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

August 12, 1988.

Larry L. Oliver, Tulsa, for appellant.

Thomas C. Gillert, Asst. Dist. Atty., Tulsa, for appellee.

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

Appellant, J.L.S., a person sixteen years of age, was charged in the District Court of Tulsa county, Case No. CRF-87-4399 with First Degree Murder. Prior to preliminary hearing, he filed a motion for certification as a child, pursuant to 10 O.S.Supp. 1987, § 1104.2, ¶ C. The district court ruled that appellant should not be certified as a child,…