GLENDA KAY S. v. STATE

No. 17232.

732 P.2d 1356 (1987)

GLENDA KAY S., A Minor, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

February 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Bork, State Public Defender, Michael K. Powell, Chief Appellate Deputy Public Defender, Kay Ellen Armstrong, Deputy Public Defender, Carson City, for appellant.

Brian McKay, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Jack Bullock, Dist. Atty., Wilbur H. Sprinkle, Deputy Dist. Atty., Winnemucca, for respondent.


OPINION

SPRINGER, Justice:

At issue in the appeal is whether the juvenile division of the district court abused its discretion in committing to the girls' training center a thirteen-year-old girl who had struck a schoolmate. We reverse the commitment order and declare standards to be followed in ordering delinquent children committed to state training centers.

Glenda had been involved in an ongoing quarrel with a schoolmate at Winnemucca Junior High...

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