Grant v. Doeschot

A separate juvenile court adjudicated Wayne Alvin Grant a delinquent child, committing him to the custody of the Department of Public Institutions. Grant appeals. He asserts that a de novo review requires reversal of the adjudication and that the trial court erred in denying him a hearing on his motion for new trial, the motion alleging newly discovered evidence. The court ruled that pendency of the appeal to this court ousted its jurisdiction.

The petition charged that Grant maliciously stabbed John Winterstein with intent to kill, wound, or maim the latter. Such conduct was proscribed in the…