IN INTEREST OF J.A.L.

No. 90-0238.

162 Wis.2d 940 (1991)

471 N.W.2d 493

IN the INTEREST OF J.A.L.: J.A.L., Appellant-Petitioner, v. STATE of Wisconsin, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant-petitioner there were briefs by Michael Tobin and Suzanne Hagopian, assistant state public defenders.

For the respondent there was a brief by Sally L. Wellman, assistant attorney general and Francis D. Collins, assistant district attorney and Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general.


STEINMETZ, J.

There are three issues raised on appeal in this case. The first issue is whether the juvenile court, hearing an application for waiver of jurisdiction under sec. 48.18, Stats.,1 abused its discretion in finding that the petitioner was not "mentally ill" under the statute and when it decided, partly on that basis, to waive its jurisdiction. The second issue is whether certain evidence...

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