State v. Spina
Montana Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Turnage
¶1 This case against Defendant, Mary Kay Spina (Spina), was transferred by the Youth Court to the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, where she was tried as an adult and convicted of negligent homicide in the shooting death of her father, Richard Spina. Spina appeals the Youth Court’s waiver of its jurisdiction over her case and the resulting sentence imposed by the District Court. We affirm.
ISSUES
¶2 1. Did the Youth Court err in waiving its jurisdiction over Spina and transferring her case to the District Court where she was tried as an adult?
¶3 2. Do the transfer provisions of §…
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