Legal Opinion
In Re Randolph T.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 4, 1981No. [No. 25, September Term, 1981.]PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
We shall here uphold against constitutional attack the requirement of Maryland Code (1974, 1977 Cum. Supp.) § 3-817 (c), Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, that "a preponderance of the evidence” is the standard to be used by a trial judge in determining whether to waive juvenile jurisdiction. Accordingly, we shall affirm the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals.
Randolph T. was born January 24, 1963. Thus, he was just under seventeen years old on November 3, 1979, when an incident took place resulting in charges that he committed the delinquent acts of possessing an unregistered…
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