STATE EX REL. INDIANA YOUTH CTR. v. HOWARD JUV. CT.

No. 875S188.

344 N.E.2d 842 (1976)

STATE of Indiana On the Relation of the Indiana Youth Center, Relator, v. THE HOWARD JUVENILE COURT AND THE HONORABLE ROBERT J. KINSEY, Judge of the Howard Juvenile Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

April 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., James Bopp, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for relator.

William R. Hunter, Winchester, for respondent.

Frank E. Spencer, Indianapolis, for amicus curiae Juvenile Court of Marion County.


GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Relator seeks a writ mandating respondents to vacate their order of May 2, 1975, committing Elja Arnett, Jr. to the Indiana Youth Center and instead to commit him to the Indiana Boys School. The record discloses the following facts:

On April 3, 1975, a petition was filed in respondent court alleging delinquency on the part of Elja Arnett, in that he attempted a robbery while armed.

On May 2, 1975, following a hearing, a juvenile...

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