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STATE v. G.L.P.

No. 2978.

590 P.2d 65 (1979)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. G.L.P., Appellee. STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. G.L.P. and B.A., Appellees. STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. R.W., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane F. Kauvar and David C. Stewart, Asst. Dist. Attys., Harry L. Davis, Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellant.

John Hagey, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks, Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellee R.W.

Before BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice, and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, Justices.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

The issue in this appeal is whether one under eighteen years of age can be charged, prosecuted and sentenced in the district court, as an adult, for a misdemeanor violation of Alaska's "joyriding" statute, AS 28.35.010(a),1 before there has been an order by the superior court waiving the latter court's juvenile jurisdiction. We hold that a juvenile charged with such a violation can be prosecuted and sentenced...

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