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SENATE BILL NO. 1332 – Juvenile, tried as adult, when

SENATE BILL NO. 1332

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S1332................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
JUVENILES - TRIED AS ADULTS - Amends existing law to clarify when a
juvenile shall be tried as an adult, to include trafficking in controlled
substances in the list of crimes for which a juvenile is to be tried as an
adult, to clarify that a juvenile charged as an adult shall be charged as
an adult without a waiver hearing for all other crimes based upon the same
transaction, and to provide that a juvenile waived into adult court is
subject to the same sentencing provisions as an adult, including
enhancement penalties.

01/26    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/27    Rpt prt - to Jud
02/10    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/11    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/18    3rd rdg - PASSED - 20-13-2
      AYES--Andreason, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow,
      Darrington, Deide, Geddes, Keough, King, Lee, Parry, Richardson,
      Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Sorensen, Thorne, Twiggs
      NAYS--Danielson, Dunklin, Frasure, Hansen, Hawkins, Ipsen,
      McLaughlin, Noh, Schroeder, Stennett, Sweeney, Wheeler, Whitworth
      Absent and excused--Boatright, Ingram
    Floor Sponsor - Sorensen
    Title apvd - to House
02/19    House intro - 1st rdg - to Jud

Bill Text


S1332


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                                   SENATE BILL NO. 1332

                             BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO THE JUVENILE CORRECTIONS ACT; AMENDING SECTION 20-509, IDAHO CODE,
 3        TO CLARIFY WHEN A JUVENILE SHALL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT,  TO  INCLUDE  TRAF-
 4        FICKING  IN  CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN THE LIST OF CRIMES FOR WHICH A JUVE-
 5        NILE IS TO BE TRIED AS AN ADULT, TO CLARIFY THAT A JUVENILE CHARGED AS  AN
 6        ADULT  SHALL BE CHARGED AS AN ADULT WITHOUT A WAIVER HEARING FOR ALL OTHER
 7        CRIMES BASED ON THE SAME ACT OR TRANSACTION, TO PROVIDE  THAT  A  JUVENILE
 8        WAIVED INTO ADULT COURT IS SUBJECT TO THE SAME SENTENCING PROVISIONS AS AN
 9        ADULT, INCLUDING ENHANCEMENT PENALTIES AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

10    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

11        SECTION  1.  That  Section  20-509, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
12    amended to read as follows:

13        20-509.  VIOLENT OFFENSES, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES VIOLATIONS  NEAR  SCHOOLS
14    AND  OFFENDERS. (1) Any juvenile, age fourteen (14) years to age eighteen (18)
15    years, who is alleged to have committed any  of  the    following  
16    crimes    specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be charged,
17    arrested and proceeded against by complaint, indictment or information  as  an
18    adult;    or  any  person under age fourteen (14) who is alleged to have
19    committed any of the  following  crimes   specified  in  para-
20    graph  (a)  of  this  subsection  and, pursuant to section 20-508, Idaho
21    Code,  has  been  ordered  by  the  court  to  be  held  for  adult   criminal
22    proceedings  :      shall  be  charged, arrested and proceeded
23    against by complaint, indictment or information as an adult. 
24        (a)   Violent and controlled substances violations:
25             (i)     Murder of any degree or attempted murder;
26             ( b  ii )   Robbery;
27             ( c  iii )  Rape, but excluding statutory rape;
28             ( d  iv )   Forcible sexual penetration by  the
29             use of a foreign object;
30             (  e    v  )    Infamous crimes against nature,
31             committed by force or violence;
32             ( f  vi )   Mayhem;
33             ( g  vii )  Assault or battery with the  intent
34             to commit any of the above serious felonies;
35             (  h    viii ) A violation of the provisions of
36             section 37-2732(a)(1)(A), (B) or (C) ,  Idaho  Code,  when
37             the  violation occurred on or within one thousand (1,000) feet of the
38             property of any public or private primary or secondary school, or  in
39             those  portions  of any building, park, stadium or other structure or
40             grounds which were, at the time of the violation, being used  for  an
41             activity sponsored by or through such a school;
42              (ix)   A violation of the provisions of section 37-2732B, Idaho
43             Code; 


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 1             (  i    x  )    Arson  in  the first degree and
 2             aggravated arson ;  . 
 3     shall be charged, arrested and proceeded against by  complaint,  indict-
 4    ment or information as an adult. 
 5          (b)  A  juvenile required to be proceeded against as an adult and a
 6        juvenile ordered by the court to be held for  adult  criminal  proceedings
 7        pursuant  to  subsection  (1)  of this section shall similarly be charged,
 8        arrested and proceeded against as an adult  without  any  juvenile  waiver
 9        hearing  for  a    A  ll  other  felonies or misdemeanors
10        charged in the complaint, indictment or information  ,    which
11        are  based  on  the  same act or transaction or on one  (1)  or
12        more acts or transactions as the violent or controlled substances  offense
13          shall  similarly  be  charged, arrested and proceeded against as an
14        adult. Any juvenile proceeded against pursuant to this  section  shall  be
15        accorded  all constitutional rights, including bail and trial by jury, and
16        procedural safeguards as if that juvenile were an adult  defendant  
17         specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection .
18        (2)  Once  a  juvenile  has  been formally charged or indicted pursuant to
19    this section or has been transferred for criminal prosecution as an adult pur-
20    suant to the waiver provisions of section 20-508, Idaho Code, or this section,
21    the juvenile shall be held in a county jail or  other  adult  prison  facility
22    unless the court, after finding good cause, orders otherwise.
23        (3)  Once  a  juvenile  has  been  found to have committed the offense for
24    which the juvenile was charged, indicted or transferred,  or  has  been  found
25    guilty  or pled guilty to a lesser offense or amended charge growing out of or
26    included within the original charge, whether or not  such  lesser  offense  or
27    amended  charge  is  included  within the acts enumerated in subsection (1) of
28    this section, the juvenile shall thereafter be handled in every respect as  an
29    adult.  For  any subsequent violation of Idaho law, the juvenile shall be han-
30    dled in every respect as an adult.
31        (4)   A juvenile waived into adult court is subject to the same  sen-
32    tencing  provisions  as  an  adult, including enhancement penalties; provided,
33    however, that t  T he sentencing judge of any  juvenile  con-
34    victed pursuant to this section may choose to sentence the convicted person in
35    accordance  with  the  juvenile sentencing options set forth in this act, if a
36    finding is made that adult sentencing measures would be inappropriate.
37         (5)  Any juvenile proceeded against pursuant to this  section  shall
38    be  accorded  all constitutional rights, including bail and trial by jury, and
39    procedural safeguards as if that juvenile were an adult defendant. 

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


    





                         STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                RS07609
    
    This legislation amends and technically corrects the juvenile automatic waiver statute 
    in Idaho Code Section 20-509.
    
    The first amendment adds Trafficking in Controlled Substances as an automatically waivable 
    offense for juveniles 14 years of age or older. Currently, prosecutors are having problems with 
    adult drug dealers using juveniles to transport and possess controlled substances because of the 
    lack of criminal consequence the juvenile faces when charged with a drug offense. Making 
    trafficking in controlled substances an automatically waivable offense will deter this practice.
    
    The second amendment makes it clear that enhancement statutes that apply to adult criminal 
    defendants also apply to juvenile defendants. There has been some debate in the courts if the 
    legislature intended to hold juveniles waived into adult court subject to all the consequences that 
    an adult would face.
    
    The technical amendment merely cleans up the statute in how it reads, providing for more 
    specific and straight forward language.
    
                              FISCAL NOTE
    
    The fiscal impact of these amendments and technical changes is negligible. Adding trafficking 
    in controlled substances as an automatically waivable offense shifts costs from the juvenile 
    system to the adult system. The enhancement provision already exists in practice, it just makes it 
    clear that this is what the legislature intended. The technical correction may actually reduce court 
    time and save cost because it makes the statute clear.
    
    CONTACT: Connie Vietz
             #364-2159
    
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE
    
    Bill No  S1332