State v. Doe

HORTON, Justice.

This appeal arises from an order by a juvenile court denying Doe’s motion to dismiss the State’s petition for a probation violation for lack of jurisdiction. Doe appeals the district court’s decision affirming the magistrate’s order. We reverse.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

When he was seventeen years old, Doe was charged under the Juvenile Corrections Act (J.C.A.) and admitted to committing battery of an unspecified sexual nature. He was placed on intensive probation on August 13, 2003. On June 6, 2006, the magistrate amended the order of probation, ordering formal…