T. D. B. v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:

T. D. B., a juvenile, appeals from the order of the Juvenile Division of the District Court, Muskogee County, Case No. JF-76-101, waiving jurisdiction over him and empowering the State to prosecute him as an adult for the crime of Murder in the First Degree.

On the 10th of September, 1976, the juvenile made his initial appearance. At this time, it was discovered that the State’s petition lacked a valid verification, in that the signature of Julian K. Fite, the verifying party, had not been properly attested. Whereupon, the presiding judge appended his signature…