South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts29—Sentencing youth as an adult
(1) Subject to this
Act, where a youth is committed to the Supreme Court or the District Court for
trial, and is found guilty on trial in that court, or is committed to the
Supreme Court or the District Court for sentence, that court, on sentencing
the youth, may—
(a) deal
with the youth as an adult; or
(b) make
any order in relation to the youth that may be made by the Youth Court on
sentencing a youth; or
(c)
remand the youth to the Youth Court for sentencing.
(2) If a youth is
found guilty by the Supreme Court or the District Court of an offence that is
a lesser offence than the one on which the youth was committed for trial, the
court cannot deal with the youth for that offence as if he or she were an
adult unless—
(a) the
offence is an indictable (but not minor indictable) offence; and
(b) the
court is satisfied that, because of the gravity of the offence or the youth's
history of offending, the youth should be dealt with as if he or she were an
adult.
(3) If a youth is
committed for trial or sentence in the Supreme Court or the District Court at
his or her own request, the court cannot deal with the youth for the offence
as if he of she were an adult unless the court is satisfied that, because of
the gravity of the offence or the youth's history of offending, the youth
should be dealt with as if he or she were an adult.
(4) A youth who is
found guilty of murder must be sentenced to imprisonment for life.