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STATE v. NINTH JUDICIAL DIST. COURT

No. 19350.

781 P.2d 776 (1989)

The STATE of Nevada, Petitioner, v. The NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, In and For the COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, DEPARTMENT I and The Honorable David R. Gamble, Judge, Respondent, and Alejandro C., A MINOR, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 2, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent T. Kolvet, Dist. Atty., Minden, for petitioner.

Ronald J. Bath, Reno, for respondent.

OPINION

STEFFEN, Justice:

The sole issue presented by this original mandamus proceeding is whether NRS 62.0801 empowers the juvenile court to certify and transfer to the adult criminal justice system minors sixteen years of age or older who commit felonious offenses prior to their sixteenth birthday. We hold that it does.

The minor whose conduct prompted these proceedings was approximately one month shy of his sixteenth...

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