Abuse of Discretion Sufficiency of Evidence.

Byline: Derek Hawkins

WI Court of Appeals District II

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. T.J.B.

Case No.: 2018AP2449

Officials: NEUBAUER, C.J.

Focus: Abuse of Discretion Sufficiency of Evidence

T.J.B. appeals from an order granting the State's motion waiving juvenile jurisdiction for a delinquency petition filed against him. T.J.B. argues the court erroneously exercised its discretion when it failed to sufficiently consider evidence related to the statutory criteria for waiver and that certain of the court's findings were unsupported by the record. Because the court examined relevant evidence and used a rational process of applying that evidence to the criteria listed in WIS. STAT. 938.18(5), we conclude the court properly considered the...