MATTER OF WELFARE OF J.J.T.

No. C8-96-1279.

559 N.W.2d 714 (1997)

In the Matter of the WELFARE OF J.J.T.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

March 11, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul C. Thissen, Special Assistant State Public Defender, Briggs and Morgan, John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Charlann E. Winking, Assistant Public Defender, Minneapolis, for Appellant J.J.T.

Hubert H. Humphrey III, Attorney General, St. Paul, for Respondent State of Minnesota.

Roger S. Van Heel, Stearns County Attorney, William S. MacPhail, Assistant County Attorney, St. Cloud, for Respondent State of Minnesota.

Considered and decided by AMUNDSON, P.J., SCHUMACHER and KLAPHAKE, JJ.


OPINION

SCHUMACHER, Judge.

Appellant juvenile J.J.T. was adjudicated delinquent for a federal offense involving theft of mail. He claims the district court should have voided its adjudication of his delinquency because the court lacked jurisdiction to decide the federal offense and because the case was not properly referred to the district court. Because state courts lack jurisdiction to decide juvenile cases where the underlying charge is solely a violation...

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