State v. Lindsey A.F.

¶ 1. The petitioner, State of Wisconsin, seeks review of a published court of appeals decision that affirmed two orders of the circuit court, dismissing delinquency petitions against Lindsey A.F. The State asserts that because the juvenile was not in custody, the circuit court lacked authority to dismiss the first petition and refer the matter for deferred prosecution. Further, the State argues that even if the circuit court had such authority, it erred when it concluded that the district attorney could not terminate the court ordered deferred prosecution by the filing of a second petition.

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