State in Re Schreuder

OAKS, Justice:

After a hearing, the juvenile court certified a 20-year-old defendant to be tried in the district court for criminal homicide. This appeal attacks the certification order on the grounds that the juvenile court (1) lacked jurisdiction over defendant, (2) erred in holding its hearings in the absence of the defendant (although his retained counsel was present and participated), and (3) had insufficient evidence to support its order. We affirm.

At the direction of the Court, the parties briefed the question of the possible mootness of the appeal because of an intervening statute…