Offenses in Juvenile Court are classified as either delinquent acts or Serious Juvenile Offenses (SJOs).

Serious Juvenile Offenses include:

  • Risk of injury to a minor
  • Certain drug offenses
  • Firearm charges such as carrying a pistol without a permit and the sale of weapons
  • Assault in the first or second degree
  • Manslaughter and murder
  • Sexual assault
  • Unlawful restraint
  • Kidnapping
  • Burglary
  • Arson
  • Larceny in the first or second degree
  • Robbery in the first or second degree

Being charged with an SJO has significant consequences such as:

  • A high risk of the child being detained in Juvenile Detention.
  • The potential transfer of the case to adult court where there are open courtrooms and no confidentiality of records. Any convictions would result in an adult sentence and create an adult criminal record.
  • Even if the case stays in Juvenile Court, an SJO conviction carries the possibility of much harsher sentences. For example, removal from the child’s home with placement at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, residential treatment facility or group home.
  • A longer wait to have a juvenile record erased or expunged.
  • Ineligibility for certain diversionary programs if you arrested as an adult.
  • Not being allowed to obtain Connecticut gun permit when becoming an adult.

Certain cases in Juvenile Court can be handled without retaining a lawyer. However, if you or your child is being investigated or has been arrested for an SJO in Connecticut, you should contact a Juvenile Court attorney to discuss representation.

Connecticut Serious Juvenile Offenses Attorney

I represent clients in Connecticut Juvenile Court though out Fairfield County including those who reside in Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Trumbull, Stratford, Bridgeport, Westport, Weston, New Canaan, Wilton, Norwalk, Darien, Stamford and Greenwich.

Please email me or call me in Stamford at (203) 356-1475 or in Fairfield at (203) 259-5251 if you have questions about Connecticut Serious Juvenile Offenses.

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