Bill Text: CT SB00187 | 2018 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Transfer Of A Child Charged With Certain Offenses To The Criminal Docket.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-18 - Motion Failed (JF) [SB00187 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2018-SB00187-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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February Session, 2018 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE TRANSFER OF A CHILD CHARGED WITH CERTAIN OFFENSES TO THE CRIMINAL DOCKET.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 46b-127 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):
(b) (1) Upon motion of a prosecutorial official, the superior court for juvenile matters shall conduct a hearing to determine whether the case of any child charged with the commission of a class C, D or E felony or an unclassified felony shall be transferred from the docket for juvenile matters to the regular criminal docket of the Superior Court. The court shall not order that the case be transferred under this subdivision unless the court finds that (A) such offense was committed after such child attained the age of fifteen years, (B) there is probable cause to believe the child has committed the act for which the child is charged, and (C) the best interests of the child [and] or the public will not be served by maintaining the case in the superior court for juvenile matters. In making such findings, the court shall consider (i) any prior criminal or juvenile offenses committed by the child, (ii) the seriousness of such offenses, (iii) any evidence that the child has intellectual disability or mental illness, and (iv) the availability of services in the docket for juvenile matters that can serve the child's needs. Any motion under this subdivision shall be made, and any hearing under this subdivision shall be held, not later than thirty days after the child is arraigned in the superior court for juvenile matters.
(2) If a case is transferred to the regular criminal docket pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection or subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section, the court sitting for the regular criminal docket may return the case to the docket for juvenile matters at any time prior to a jury rendering a verdict or the entry of a guilty plea for good cause shown for proceedings in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2018 |
46b-127(b) |
KID |
Joint Favorable Subst. |