In re V.W.B.

OPINION

CORNISH, Judge:

The decisive issue in this case is whether notice of the possibility of adult prosecution is a constitutional pre-requisite to the admissibility of a juvenile’s confession. We hold that it is not.

Appellant, V.W.B., was a child seventeen (17) years of age at the time the alleged offense of Robbery by Force occurred. He was eighteen years of age when he confessed he had committed the crime. V.W.B. was certified to stand trial as an adult in Tulsa County District Court, from which certification he appeals.

The offense occurred on August 23, 1981 when V.W.B. and two others…