Section 26 Standardof Review

• Library: Juvenile Law 2011

Once the issue of the juvenile court’s dismissal to allow prosecution under the general law is properly before the appellate court, the standard of review is a very limited one. As indicated in §14.18 above, the juvenile court’s decision whether to dismiss a petition to allow prosecution under the general law is a discretionary one. Section 211.071.1, RSMo Supp. 2010. Appellate review of this ruling “is limited to a determination of whether in the totality of the circumstances the court abused its...