People v. Sabo

This appeal presents the question of first impression of whether the concurrent jurisdiction conferred over 17-year-old defendants by MCLA 712A.2(d); MSA 27.3178(598.2)(d) is constitutionally defective by reason of a lack of standards indicating under what conditions the circuit court should defer jurisdiction to the probate court. Although the identical issue is now pending before the Supreme Court on leave granted in People v Dupie, 392 Mich 785 (1974), that case involves numerous other issues and accordingly the Supreme Court may not dispositively speak to the constitutional issue involved…