J.M. JOHNSON, J.
¶ 1 The question in this case is whether legislation relating to juvenile courts can deprive the superior courts of their constitutional jurisdiction. Article IV, section 6 of the constitution vests in the superior courts' jurisdiction "in all criminal cases amounting to felony. . . ." We hold the legislature does not have the power to alter this constitutional grant of felony jurisdiction. We thus affirm the sentence imposed in this case.
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