State v. Golphin

Juvenile courts have exclusive initial subject-matter jurisdiction over any case involving a person alleged to be delinquent for having committed, when younger than eighteen years of age, an act which would constitute a felony *545if committed by an adult. R.C. 2151.23; 2151.26; State v. Wilson (1995), 73 Ohio St.3d 40, 43, 652 N.E.2d 196, 199. Before such an individual may be tried as an adult in common pleas court, the juvenile court must comply with the provisions of R.C. 2151.26 pursuant to procedures established by Juv.R. 30.

On August 30, 1994, when Golphin allegedly shot Clinton Butler,…