Brady v. Gladden

A post conviction case. On February 19, 1960, plaintiff had plead guilty in the circuit court for Linn county to the crime of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The court imposed sentence on the plea of guilty. At the time plaintiff entered the plea and was sentenced he was only 17 years of age. His present challenge to the judgment of conviction is that the circuit court did not have jurisdiction to consider the case. He contends. that the Juvenile Code, adopted in 1959, placed exclusive jurisdiction in the juvenile courts to determine all cases wherein it is alleged that a person…