Legal Opinion

State in Interest of LGW

Utah Supreme Court

Decided January 22, 1982No. 17417PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OAKS, Justice:

This is an appeal from an order finding a 17-year-old juvenile subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to U.C.A., 1953, § 78-3a-l, for violating a state law, U.C.A., 1953, § 76-5-404, which defines the crime of forcible sexual abuse. In this appeal, the juvenile challenges the sufficiency of evidence in support of the court’s adjudication.1 The disposition of that issue requires us to consider whether the juvenile court’s jurisdiction can be sustained on the basis of a finding that the juvenile committed the lesser included offense of lewdness, U.C.A., 1953, §…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. McKeiver v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Breed v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. State v. BishopUtah Supreme Court · 1988
  2. State v. HillUtah Supreme Court · 1983
  3. State v. SessionsUtah Supreme Court · 1982
  4. State v. CrickUtah Supreme Court · 1983
  5. State v. BrickeyUtah Supreme Court · 1986

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