{"id":13968,"date":"2016-04-12T16:48:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T23:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jacksonwhitelaw.com\/criminal-defense-law\/?page_id=13968"},"modified":"2023-11-15T15:57:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T22:57:49","slug":"juveniles-tried-adults-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jacksonwhitelaw.com\/criminal-defense-law\/blog\/juveniles-tried-adults-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"When are Juveniles Tried as Adults in Arizona?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Juvenile offenders are typically sent to juvenile court for the crimes they commit. Society sees a juvenile as a child who has not developed enough to understand the consequences of his or her actions.<\/p>\n
However, there does come a point when a juvenile will be treated like an adult; when juvenile offenders commit heinous crimes, they must take full responsibility regardless if they understood the long-term consequences before breaking the law.<\/p>\n
Arizona has guidelines in place to determine what crimes a juvenile must commit in order to be tried in an adult courtroom. In addition to the crime, the juvenile must be of a certain age to be tried as an adult.<\/p>\n
A.R.S. 13-501 <\/a>states that a juvenile needs to be between 14 and 17 years old and commit one of the following crimes:<\/p>\n Some of the crimes listed above are very broad and can include a number of different offenses.<\/p>\n A chronic felony offender is someone who has committed at least two felony offenses in the past. Any other violent felony offense refers to the following crimes:<\/p>\n When a juvenile is tried and convicted as an adult, they will face the same sentencing guidelines as offenders who are 18 or older. There is only one offense where a juvenile will not receive the same sentence as an adult, and that is if the juvenile is convicted of first degree murder.<\/p>\n\n
Multiple Felony Offenders in Arizona<\/h2>\n
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