STATE EX REL. BURNS v. STEELY

No. O-79-476.

600 P.2d 367 (1979)

The STATE of Oklahoma, ex rel. Tony R. BURNS, District Attorney, Stephens County, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Ellen C. STEELY, Associate District Judge for the Fifth Judicial District Stephens County, of the State of Oklahoma, Respondent.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

September 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tony R. Burns, Dist. Atty., Joe H. Enos, Asst. Dist. Atty., Stephens County, for petitioner.

David L. Benefield, Garvin, Bonney, Weaver & Corley, James L. Kee, Kee, Kramer & Stuart, Thomas T. Ellis, Sullivan, Ellis & Leonard, Duncan, for respondent.


OPINION

CORNISH, Presiding Judge:

The pivotal issue in this proceeding is whether our earlier decision to declare unconstitutional the statute relating to "reverse certification"1 had the effect of creating a void that precludes certifying juveniles for adult prosecution in felony cases. On August 8, 1979, an order was entered in the District Court of Stephens County denying the State...

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