State v. Ninth Judicial District Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Steffen, J.:

The sole issue presented by this original mandamus proceeding is whether NRS 62.0801 empowers the juvenile court to certify *645and transfer to the adult criminal justice system minors sixteen years of age or older who commit felonious offenses prior to their sixteenth birthday. We hold that it does.

The minor whose conduct prompted these proceedings was approximately one month shy of his sixteenth birthday when he allegedly committed six serious offenses, each of which would have been a felony if committed by an adult. After an investigation, the State filed a…