State v. Hobbie

This is an appeal from the grant of a petition for writ of habeas corpus to vacate two concurrent 10-year sentences which Joseph Edward Hobbie received in 1975 for two robberies that he committed at the age of 16.

The trial court held that the Montgomery County Circuit Court was without subject matter jurisdiction to try Hobbie as an adult for the two robberies because the family relations division of the Montgomery County Circuit Court, which had exclusive and original jurisdiction of these cases and which had formally accepted Hobbie for treatment as a juvenile, never transferred his cases…