State v. Lara

NEHRING, Justice:

¶ 1 We granted certiorari in this matter to determine whether the court of appeals had the authority to reinstate Mr. Lara’s appeal after it had dismissed his prior appeal and issued a remittitur. We hold that it did and affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 Mr. Lara, a sixteen-year-old, was charged with aggravated robbery under the Serious Youth Offender Act (“SYOA”). Utah Code Ann. § 78-3a-602 (1996). The SYOA allows a juvenile to be bound over and charged as an adult in the district court for serious charges unless the juvenile can satisfy certain conditions, commonly known as “retention…