State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. Mathis

This is a proceeding in which the District Attorney of Douglas County moved that Mathis, age 16, be remanded to adult court. Mathis was then the subject of a juvenile court petition because of an alleged murder and robbery committed by him. The juvenile court ordered the remand and the juvenile appeals.

We can make no better a summary statement of the evidence than that in the following excerpts from the trial judge’s findings with only one exception which will be noted later:

“Rickey Dale Mathis is 16 years of age. His birthdate was August 21, 1958. It is to be assumed as a fact Mathis…