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IN RE M.C.H.

No. 20010194.

637 N.W.2d 678 (2001)

2001 ND 205

In the Interest of M.C.H. Damon Anderson, Petitioner and Appellee, v. M.C.H., a child, Respondent and Appellant, S.H., Mother, and C.H., Father, Respondents.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

December 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Damon E. Anderson, Assistant State's Attorney, Grand Forks, N.D., petitioner and appellee.

DeWayne A. Johnston, Olson Johnston Law Office, Grand Forks, N.D., for respondent and appellant.

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] M.C.H. appealed from a juvenile court order finding him delinquent and ordering probation and rehabilitation. Because the criminal capacity of children between the ages of seven and fourteen has been declared by statute, we conclude juveniles between the ages of seven and fourteen have no common law right to a presumption of incapacity to commit a crime, and affirm the juvenile court's order.

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[¶ 2] M.C.H. allegedly...

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