State v. Nanco

OPINION

VIGIL, Judge.

{1} A child who is found guilty of being a serious youthful offender is subject to the same sentence as an adult, including the statutory right to receive presentence confinement credit. This case requires us to consider whether a child who is found not guilty of being a serious youthful offender, but adjudicated as a delinquent offender on a lesser-included offense, is likewise entitled to presentence confinement credit against his commitment to CYFD. We conclude that the applicable statutes intentionally omit and thereby preclude granting such a credit. Because the…