STATE EX REL. ELLIOT v. DISTRICT COURT

No. 83-469.

684 P.2d 481 (1984)

STATE ex rel., Steven Wade ELLIOT, Relator, v. DISTRICT COURT OF the SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, In and For the COUNTY OF SWEET GRASS, the Honorable Byron L. Robb, District Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided June 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Tulley argued, Big Timber, for relator.

Mike Greely, Atty. Gen., Helena, Jim Scheier, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued, Helena, G. Thomas Biglen, County Atty., Big Timber, for respondent.


WEBER, Justice.

Relator Steven Wade Elliot petitions this Court for a writ of supervisory control or other appropriate writ ordering the Sixth Judicial District Court, Sweet Grass County, to dismiss deliberate homicide and robbery charges for lack of jurisdiction. We deny the application for writ of supervisory control.

The issues are:

1. Whether a youth 15 years of age is legally capable of committing a crime?

2. Does the District Court have...

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