9 GCA § 7.10
Exemption from Criminal Liability Due to Juvenile Status
View official PDF ↗No person may be tried for or convicted of an offense if:
(a)his age at the time he is charged with an offense places him within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Family Division of the Superior Court;
(b)he was made the subject of a petition to commence proceedings in the juvenile court because of having committed the offense and the juvenile court has not made an order that he be prosecuted under general law; or
(c)he was certified to the juvenile court and the juvenile court has not made an order directing that he be prosecuted under general law.
§ The story of this section
- Amended by P.L. 17-12 § 3 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
Interpreted by the courts:
- 1997 Guam 13 — People of the Territory of Guam vs. Doreen Quichocho (1997) · cited at ¶6
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.