State v. Thornton

The state appeals from an order dismissing an indictment charging defendant with first-degree burglary on the ground that the indictment circumvented the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. The juvenile court had previously denied the state’s motion to remand defendant to circuit court and dismissed a petition charging defendant with the same burglary for which he was later indicted.

Defendant was first found to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court1 in January, 1978, when he was 17 years and eight months old, as a result of which he was placed on six months’ probation. On March 23,…