At what age is a person no longer able to be charged as a minor?

Question

At what age is a person no longer able to be charged as a minor?

Answer 1

In some states a person as low as 14 can be charged as an adult with a crime.  A judge just has to approve to try the juvenile as an adult.

The age of majority in all US states is 18.  This is the age that you are considered an adult.

Answer 2

Depends totally on what state you live in. Some states its 17, others its 18.  

Answer 3

hmmm....good question...I would have to say "the age of majority" plus the Statute of Limitations for the particular crime he/she is being charged with.  So, in the case of murder, I suppose a 90 year old who committed the murder when he was 15 could still be charged as a minor.

And since the Statute tolls (ceases to run) if you flee the jurisdiction, that could be true of anyone at any age.

I guess my point would be it doesn't matter how old  you are when you are charged, only how old you were when the offense was committed.

EDIT:  Why did everyone here, but me, answer a different question than the one asked?

Answer 4

At the age of 16 and 17 the D.A. will decide if you are charged as an adult !  

Answer 5

In my state, you can be charged as an adult at 17 yrs old.  

Answer 6

IT DEPENDS ON THE CRIME IT COULD BE AS YOUNG AS 14

Answer 7

You are an adult at 18 in some states and 17 in others.

You are an adult at 21

Answer 8

it depends on the severty of the crime ,,it was 4 days after my 16th birthday and i got in trouble and was charged as an adult and sent to a adult maxx sec prision

Answer 9

16