In Re Hyrum H.
Court of Appeals of Arizona
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OROZCO, Judge.
¶ 1 In this consolidated appeal, the State challenges the juvenile court’s order finding ten-year-old twin brothers, Hyrum H. and Jacob H. (collectively “the juveniles”), incompetent and not restorable to competency to participate in juvenile proceedings and dismissing the delinquency petition against them with prejudice. In affirming the juvenile court’s decision, we conclude: (1) the juvenile court properly relied in part on an expert who used the juvenile incompetency standard and an adult competency assessment tool developed for adult criminal adjudications, among…
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