State v. Fleming

Yetka, Justice.

This is an appeal by the state from an order of the St. Paul municipal court dismissing a prosecution for aggravated assault on the ground that the juvenile court had exclusive original jurisdiction over defendant. In affirming the municipal court’s order, we hold that under Minn. St. c. 260, as amended, juvenile courts, and not courts of general jurisdiction, have jurisdiction over individuals who, although under age 18 at the time of the alleged offense, are age 18 or over when the prosecutions are commenced.

In order to understand the problem presented by this appeal, we must…