State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. Strickland

In this juvenile court proceeding, the child appeals from an order denying his motion to remand three citations charging traffic offenses from the Corvallis Municipal Court to the juvenile court. The issues are whether former ORS 419.533(l)(a)1 prohibits the blanket remand of traffic cases involving juveniles under the age of 16 and, if not, whether such a remand violates Article I, section 20, of the Oregon Constitution or the Fourteenth Amendment. We affirm.

On November 13, 1972, the circuit court, sitting as the juvenile court and pursuant to former ORS 419.533(3) (now ORS 419.533(5)),…