IN INTEREST OF H.N.T.

No. 84-1500.

125 Wis.2d 242 (1985)

371 N.W.2d 395

IN the INTEREST OF H.N.T., a Person Under the Age of 18: H.N.T., Appellant, v. STATE of Wisconsin, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of John E. Tradewell, assistant state public defender.

For the respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Margaret Borkin, assistant district attorney, of Racine and the supplement brief of Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and Sally L. Wellman, assistant attorney general.

Before Scott, C.J., Brown, P.J., and Nettesheim, J.


NETTESHEIM, J.

H.N.T. appeals the juvenile court's order dismissing a Petition for Determination of Status which alleged H.N.T. to be delinquent. The juvenile court found H.N.T. to be eighteen years of age or older. Thus, the juvenile court ruled it did not have subject matter jurisdiction.

We conclude the prior adult court proceedings which litigated the question of H.N.T.'s age estopped the state from relitigating the same question in the juvenile court...

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