State v. LeQue

Robert LeQue appeals from two nonfinal orders denying his motions to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and prosecutorial delay. Twenty days after his eighteenth birthday, LeQue was charged in adult circuit court with three counts of first-degree sexual assault, crimes which he allegedly committed when he was fifteen years old. We conclude that LeQue is subject to adult circuit court jurisdiction because the age of the defendant on the date the action is filed, not his age on the date of the alleged offense, determines whether the adult court has subject matter jurisdiction over…