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Teen to be tried as juvenile

By Randall Hodgkinson

Here is the Kansas City Star article reporting that Debra Vermillion won at a adult certification hearing in a Johnson County manslaughter prosecution. Judge Cameron order that the case will proceed in juvenile court, not adult district court.

I'm frequently on the wrong side of these hearing (client certified for adult prosecution in murder cases). I've wondered what proportion are certified for adult prosecution and how well defense attorneys defend them (a lot of the ones that I see seem to be somewhat lacking at this critical stage). Apparently, Debra did a great job in this case.

Full post as published by Kansas Defenders on April 03, 2008 (boomark / email).