transfer hearing

Criminal procedure. In a juvenile-court case, a hearing to determine whether the case should be transferred to adult criminal court where the juvenile will be tried as an adult.

• Every state, as well as the District of Columbia, has a transfer statute. The United States Supreme Court defined the due-process requirements for transfer hearings in Kent v. United States, 383 U.S. 541, 86 S.Ct. 1045 (1966).

— Also termed certification hearing; waiver hearing; fitness hearing. See TRANSFER STATUTE; MANDATORY WAIVER; STATUTORY EXCLUSION.

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