MO SB556

Courts may invoke dual jurisdiction over offenders under seventeen years old who are transferred to general jurisdiction and convicted, simultaneously imposing a juvenile disposition and suspending an adult criminal sentence.

Successful completion of the juvenile disposition is a condition of the suspended adult criminal sentence, with the court authorized to continue, revoke, or modify the juvenile disposition upon violation.

Division of Youth Services may petition the court for custody transfer if the offender is deemed beyond the scope of its treatment programs, and the court may then impose the adult sentence or place the offender on probation.

When the offender reaches age seventeen or twenty-one, the court must hold a hearing to either revoke the suspension and impose the adult sentence, place the offender on probation, or allow continued placement in youth services custody.

Time served under the juvenile disposition shall be credited toward any imposed adult criminal sentence if the suspension is revoked.