Augusta Georgia Juvenile court system criminal defense lawyer

Augusta Georgia Juvenile court system criminal defense lawyer

Fighting Youth justice Augusta GA

A juvenile is a minor, and in most jurisdictions is a person below 18 years of age. When a juvenile breaks a criminal statute, the results are generally very different from those if an adult violated the same rule. Mostly the Juvenile legal system is more lenient than the adult legal system, however sometimes it may be more onerous. A juvenile offender may find himself in Juvenile Court when he violates a criminal law; that is, a state or federal law that allows for violators to be punished by a sentence to jail or prison. If a juvenile commits a crime, he is charged by a probation officer or a prosecutor in a civil petition, claiming that he is subject to the Courts Jurisdiction for having broken the law. When the charges are established in Juvenile Court, a judicial finding is made that the minor will be subject to the Courts broad control and jurisdiction. The Courts powers include returning the minor home, imposing formal or informal probation; placement with foster care; enrollment in a special school for juvenile offenders, or even commitment to the States Juvenile detention center, sometimes referred to as Juvenile Hall or the Juvenile Jail. This may continue until the minor comes of age, or even until the age of 21 or 25, depending the state statutes. Certain states have statutes allowing that minors 14 or older committing very grave violations can even be transferred to adult court and prosecuted and punished like an adult. Hence it is a mistake to take the Juvenile Court process lightly.

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Attorneys Vic Hawk, Melissa Detchemendy, and Reid Sanders defend DUI cases and criminal cases in Georgia.