Plain English Breakdown
The effective date is unknown as the bill has passed but no specific start date was provided in the source text.
Juveniles: Transfer to Criminal Court Procedure
This bill writes into state law a rule that stops courts from using statements made by minors during transfer hearings or given to probation officers against them in later cases.
What This Bill Does
- Writes existing court rules into official state law about protecting minor's statements.
- Prohibits the use of statements made at a transfer hearing in future juvenile or criminal proceedings.
- Stops prosecutors from using reports given to probation officers for transfer hearings as evidence against the minor later.
- States that these new written laws match what courts already do today.
Who It Names or Affects
- Minors who are moved from juvenile court to adult criminal court.
- District attorneys handling motions to move minors aged 14 or older to adult court under specific conditions.
- Probation officers preparing reports for transfer hearings.
- Judges in both juvenile and criminal courts.
Terms To Know
- Transfer hearing
- A court meeting to decide if a minor should be tried as an adult instead of in juvenile court.
- Codify
- To write existing rules or court decisions into official written law.
- Declaratory of existing law
- A statement that the new bill just confirms what is already true under current laws and cases.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official text does not state when this rule will officially start.
- This protection applies only to statements made for transfer hearings, not other types of reports or situations.