§ 7-13-1205 — 7-13-1203. Authority to establish teen court program

Wyoming § 7-13-1205

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 07: Criminal Procedure
• Ch. 13: SENTENCE AND IMPRISONMENT
• Art. 12: TEEN COURT PROGRAM

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(a) The Wyoming supreme court shall adopt rules and
regulations governing teen court by July 1, 1996.
(b) In addition to any other power authorized, a municipal
court judge, with the approval and consent of the governing body
of the municipality, or any circuit court judge, with the
approval and consent of the board of county commissioners, may
by order establish a teen court program and training standards
for participation in accordance with this act to provide a
disposition alternative for teens charged with minor offenses.
(c) In any case involving the commission of a minor
offense by a teen defendant, the supervising court may, without
entering a judgment of guilt or conviction, defer further
proceedings and order the defendant to participate in a teen
court program, provided:
(i) The teen defendant, with the consent of, or in
the presence of, the defendant's parents or legal guardian,
enters a plea of guilty in open court to the offense charged;
(ii) The restitution amount, if any, owed to any
victim has been determined by the supervising court;
(iii) The defendant requests on the record to
participate in the teen court program and agrees that deferral
of further proceedings in the action filed in the supervising
court is conditioned upon the defendant's successful completion
of the teen court program; and
(iv) The court determines that the defendant will
benefit from participation in the teen court program.
(d) If the supervising court determines that the teen
defendant has successfully completed the teen court program, the
supervising court may discharge the defendant and dismiss the
proceedings against him.
(e) If the defendant fails to successfully complete the
prescribed teen court program, the supervising court shall enter
an adjudication of guilt and conviction and proceed to impose
sentence upon the defendant for the offense originally charged.
(f) Discharge and dismissal under this section shall be
without adjudication of guilt and is not a conviction for any
purpose. If the original offense charged was a traffic offense,
the supreme court shall, on behalf of the circuit court and
within thirty (30) days after the discharge and dismissal is
entered, submit to the department of transportation an abstract
of the court record compiled under W.S. 7-19-107(k). If the
original offense was a traffic offense charged in municipal
court, the municipal court shall, within thirty (30) days after
the discharge and dismissal is entered, submit to the department
of transportation an abstract of the court record compiled under
W.S. 7-19-107(k). The department shall maintain abstracts
received under this subsection as provided by W.S. 31-5-1214(f).