Sauve v. State

AKIN, Justice.

Defendant appeals from his conviction for murder. On the date of the offense, December 18, 1978, defendant was fifteen years old. Because of defendant’s age, the juvenile court conducted certification proceedings and rendered an order of waiver of jurisdiction and transferred him to criminal district court. Defendant did not appeal from this order, although he had successfully appealed from a prior transfer order in the same case. A jury in the criminal district court then found defendant guilty and assessed punishment at fifty years.

On appeal defendant contends that the…