"neither our state Constitution nor our statutes create a separate juvenile court’ with separate subject matter jurisdiction.”
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- "neither our state Constitution nor our statutes create a separate juvenile court’ with separate subject matter jurisdiction.”
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The opinion
*162 JOHNSON, Judge,
concurring:
When Stephon Johnson was adjudicated delinquent, jeopardy attached. The Commonwealth now asks that we hold that the trial court erred when it transferred ■ this case to the juvenile division so that they may again prosecute Johnson, this time in the criminal division. The double jeopardy clauses of the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions protect against this. If the Commonwealth wished to question the trial court order transferring this matter, the proper time to do so was before Johnson was adjudicated delinquent and jeopardy attached. I must, therefore, agree that this appeal is untimely.
McEWEN, J., joins in this concurring statement.