HB1501 - Tennessee - Courts, Juvenile, Criminal Procedure, Juvenile Offenders

Juvenile Offenders - Requires a mandatory hearing to review the case of any juvenile younger than 18 who was adjudicated delinquent from 1998 to the present if children in the same jurisdiction, adjacent jurisdictions, or the same county as the child received pretrial diversion for the same offense. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 40, Chapter 15. Fiscal Summary for *HB1501MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB1501 This bill requires a court to order a hearing to review the case of a delinquent juvenile who petitions for review if the petitioner: (1) Is younger than 18 years old; (2) Was tried for delinquency during the year 1998 or thereafter; and (3) Was tried for an offense for which any other juvenile who resided in the petitioner's jurisdiction or a jurisdiction adjacent to or within the same county as the petitioner received pretrial diversion rather than being tried for delinquency. This bill requires [...]

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