Jongewaard v. State

Wendell L. GRIFFEN, Judge.

Asa John Jongewaard prosecutes this interlocutory appeal from the decision by the Washington County Circuit to deny his motion to transfer a criminal case to juvenile court. Appellant, charged with one count of commercial burglary, nine counts of breaking or entering, and three counts of theft of property, argues that the circuit court’s decision to retain jurisdiction is clearly erroneous because the findings of fact issued by the court did not enumerate the ten factors set out in Act 1192 of 1999. We disagree and affirm.

On August 25, 1999, the Washington County…