Comments on: What is the ohio law pertaining to juviniles being tried as adults? http://legalprodirectory.com/what-is-the-ohio-law-pertaining-to-juviniles-being-tried-as-adults/473/ Free Consumer Legal Resource Wed, 23 May 2012 05:45:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mama Pastafarian http://legalprodirectory.com/what-is-the-ohio-law-pertaining-to-juviniles-being-tried-as-adults/473/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Mama Pastafarian Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:20:54 +0000 http://legalprodirectory.com/what-is-the-ohio-law-pertaining-to-juviniles-being-tried-as-adults/473/#comment-575 Murder is the highest level of offense there is, and is almost always waived to adult court when allegedly committed by a juvenile. Different states have different ages at which the juvenile can be waived to adult court, and there can be different ages for different offenses. For example, in Indiana, a 10 year old could be waived to adult court for a murder charge. In Ohio, Murder is a "shall waiver" offense when the charged juvenile is 16 or 17. There will be a hearing, but the juvenile MUST be waived if he is charged with murder at 16 or 17. Here are pages with info on waivers for Ohio. Murder is the highest level of offense there is, and is almost always waived to adult court when allegedly committed by a juvenile.

Different states have different ages at which the juvenile can be waived to adult court, and there can be different ages for different offenses. For example, in Indiana, a 10 year old could be waived to adult court for a murder charge.

In Ohio, Murder is a “shall waiver” offense when the charged juvenile is 16 or 17. There will be a hearing, but the juvenile MUST be waived if he is charged with murder at 16 or 17.

Here are pages with info on waivers for Ohio.

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