Freshour v. Turner

SIMMS, Judge:

This is an original proceeding wherein petitioner alleges she is being illegally proceeded against in a criminal action in the District Court of Oklahoma County as an adult without having been previously certified by the Juvenile Division of that Court in accordance with 10 O.S.1971, § 1112. The date of the alleged offense was March 28, 1972, and on said date, petitioner was a seventeen-year-old female.

By way of background, the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, in Lamb v. Brown, 456 F.2d 18, struck down as unconstitutional 10 O.S.Supp.1969, § 1101 (a) because of age…