F.L. v. State

Opinion

PEARCE, Judge:

1 F.L. appeals from the juvenile court's order binding him over to the district court to face trial as an adult on three counts of aggravated robbery. We conclude that the juvenile court misinterpreted Utah's Serious Youth Offender Act (the Act). We therefore vacate the juvenile court's bindover order and remand this matter to the juvenile court for further proceedings.

BACKGROUND

T2 FL. was born in 1996. He endured a troubled childhood, in part because of physical and emotional abuse he suffered at the hands of his father. FL. and his siblings were removed from their home…