PEOPLE OF TERRITORY OF GUAM v. QUINATA

No. 82-1427.

704 F.2d 1085 (1983)

The PEOPLE OF the TERRITORY OF GUAM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edwin A. QUINATA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Mair, Agana, Guam, for defendant-appellant.

Leslie Weatherhead, Agana, Guam, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ELY and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and NIELSEN, District Judge.


KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns whether the Juvenile Court of Guam has jurisdiction when criminal charges are filed after a defendant's eighteenth birthday, alleging crimes committed before he reached that age. For reasons set forth below, we hold the appellate division of the Guam District Court was correct in concluding that the juvenile court has jurisdiction in the case described. Before stating the reasons...

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