STATE IN INTEREST OF A.B.

Nos. 960205-CA, 960138-CA.

936 P.2d 1091 (1997)

STATE of Utah, IN the INTEREST OF A.B., a person under eighteen years of age. A.B., Appellant, v. STATE of Utah, Appellee. STATE of Utah, IN the INTEREST OF R.M., a person under eighteen years of age. R.M., Appellant, v. STATE of Utah, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

April 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda M. Jones and Mark R. Moffat, Salt Lake City, for Appellant A.B.

Robert K. Heineman, Deborah Kreeck Mendez, Linda M. Jones, and Mark R. Moffat, Salt Lake City, for Appellant R.M.

Jan Graham, J. Kevin Murphy, and Laura B. Dupaix, Salt Lake City, for Appellee.

Before DAVIS, P.J., and BILLINGS and GREENWOOD, JJ.


OPINION

GREENWOOD, Judge:

This case is a consolidation of appeals of A.B. and R.M., both juveniles, from judgments of the Third District Juvenile Court binding each over to district court to be tried as adults. The juveniles challenge the constitutionality of the serious youth offender statute, Utah Code Ann. § 78-3a-602 (1996). The serious youth offender statute creates a narrow, judicially-mediated exception which permits juveniles to rebut the presumption...

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