DICKENSON, Justice.
The controlling question is whether a child can secure a trial de novo, after the expiration of the period in which an appeal could have been perfected, on an order by a nonlawyer Juvenile Court Judge transferring the child to the District Court for criminal proceedings. We hold that the right to a trial de novo must be claimed before the expiration of the time allowed for perfecting an appeal.
J. L., Jr., appellant, was 16 years old on...
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