“The risk-assessment determination made by the General Assembly in enacting R.C. 2923.13 does not undermine the rehabilitative purpose of the juvenile-justice system, nor does it give rise to the due-process concerns we were called upon to resolve in Hand. Framed differently, the lack of a right to a jury trial, as well as other
Element of an Offense
Merit Decision: Court OK’s Use of Juvenile Adjudication as an Element of Adult Offense of Having Weapon Under Disability. State v. Carnes.
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“The risk-assessment determination made by the General Assembly in enacting R.C. 2923.13 does not undermine the rehabilitative purpose of the juvenile-justice system, nor does it give rise to the due-process concerns we were called upon to resolve in Hand. Framed differently, the lack of a right to a jury trial, as well as other…