165544

Summary

The Court held that automatic waiver of juvenile-court jurisdiction for an AWIGBH charge requires the charged juvenile personally to have been armed with a dangerous weapon. Because the defendant merely recorded the assault and there was no evidence that he possessed or used a dangerous weapon, the criminal division lacked jurisdiction under the automatic-waiver statute. The Court reversed and vacated the Court of Appeals judgment in part and remanded for the bindover to be quashed and the case transferred to the family division.