In Re Baskins

Invoking our original jurisdiction to issue such writs pursuant to Code 17-116.04, Tiko A. Baskins (Baskins), petitioner, filed an application for a writ of prohibition by petition in this Court on December 3, 1992. The remedy sought by petitioner, a juvenile, is a prohibition against further proceedings in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County (circuit court) to try him as an adult on felony charges pursuant to a certification to the circuit court by the Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (juvenile court). Petitioner asserts that the circuit court failed to timely conduct a transfer hearing pursuant to Code 16.1-269(E) on his appeal of the certification by the juvenile court and, therefore, the circuit court has no jurisdiction to try him as an adult. For the reasons that follow, we grant the application and issue the writ prohibiting further proceedings against petitioner in the circuit court on the criminal charges involved in this matter.