COURTS Juvenile Proceedings, Parental Rights: Provide that the Superior Court Shall Have Exclusive Jurisdiction over Matters Concerning Children Thirteen to Seventeen Years of Age Who are Alleged to Have Committed Certain Violent Felonies; Provide that the Department of Corrections Shall Have Custody over Juveniles Ages Thirteen to Seventeen Who Are Convicted of Certain Violent Felonies; Provide for Notification to the Superior Court When a Person Charged With Certain Violent Felonies Appears Thirteen to Seventeen Years of Age; Provide That a Juvenile May Serve Up to Ninety Days in a Youth Development Center for a Delinquent Act; Amend the Definition of Designated Felony Act; Provide for Fingerprinting of Juveniles Sentenced to the Department of Corrections; Provide for Housing of Juveniles Committed to the Department of Corrections

Authors

Georgia State University Law Review

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act provides measures and procedures to enhance school safety and changes the penalty provisions relating to the crimes of aggravated assault and aggravated battery when these crimes are committed against a student or teacher or other school personnel within a school safety zone. The Act also provides that juvenile offenders who commit certain violent felonies including murder, voluntary manslaughter, rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation, aggravated sexual battery, and armed robbery committed with a firearm shall be tried as adults in the superior court. Upon conviction, these juvenile offenders will be sentenced directly to the custody of the Department of Corrections for placement in designated youth confinement units operated by the Department of Corrections.

Recommended Citation

Georgia State University Law Review, COURTS Juvenile Proceedings, Parental Rights: Provide that the Superior Court Shall Have Exclusive Jurisdiction over Matters Concerning Children Thirteen to Seventeen Years of Age Who are Alleged to Have Committed Certain Violent Felonies; Provide that the Department of Corrections Shall Have Custody over Juveniles Ages Thirteen to Seventeen Who Are Convicted of Certain Violent Felonies; Provide for Notification to the Superior Court When a Person Charged With Certain Violent Felonies Appears Thirteen to Seventeen Years of Age; Provide That a Juvenile May Serve Up to Ninety Days in a Youth Development Center for a Delinquent Act; Amend the Definition of Designated Felony Act; Provide for Fingerprinting of Juveniles Sentenced to the Department of Corrections; Provide for Housing of Juveniles Committed to the Department of Corrections, 11 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2012).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol11/iss1/54