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A05-1294, In the Matter of the Welfare of J.C.P., Jr.

Case Date: 09/26/2006
Court: Court of Appeals
Docket No: A05-1294

STATE OF MINNESOTA

IN COURT OF APPEALS

A05-1294

 

 

In the Matter of the Welfare of J.C.P., Jr.

 

Filed July 3, 2006

Affirmed

Ross, Judge

 

Redwood County District Court

File No. J6-05-1294

 

 

Samuel A. McCloud, Carson J. Heefner, McCloud & Boedigheimer, P.A., Suite 1000, Circle K, Box 216, Shakopee, MN 55379 (for appellant)

 

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, 1800 Bremer Tower, 445 Minnesota Street, St. Paul, MN 55101; and

 

Michelle A. Dietrich, Redwood County Attorney, P.O. Box 130, Redwood Falls, MN 56283 (for respondent)

 

 

Considered and decided by Shumaker, Presiding Judge; Wright, Judge; and Ross, Judge

S Y L L A B U S

A juvenile does not have a Sixth Amendment right under Blakely v. Washington,542 U.S. 296, 124 S. Ct. 2531 (2004), to a jury determination of the facts supporting adult certification.

O P I N I O N

ROSS, Judge

In this appeal from an adult-certification order, appellant J.C.P. argues that because adult certification exposes a juvenile to a potentially greater sentence if convicted, he has a Sixth Amendment right to a jury determination of any fact supporting that certification under Blakely v. Washington.