Giddens, 17, was arrested Dec. 19 on felony complaints of conspiracy to commit grand larceny, grand larceny from a retailer, concealing stolen property and obtaining property by false pretense.

“Things have been resolved in a way that will not jeopardize his future basketball career,” David Ogle, Giddens’ attorney told The Daily Oklahoman. “Because this is a juvenile matter, I don’t feel comfortable saying anything further.”

Oklahoma County Dist. Atty. Wes Lane also refused to discuss Giddens’ case because by law juvenile court matters are confidential.

Lane and Ogle agreed Giddens was handled like any other youth in the same situation.

“This young man was treated no different because he was a basketball star,” Lane said. “He is being treated the same as anybody else.”

Giddens, a senior at John Marshall High School, is considered one of the top high school basketball players in the country. He has signed a national letter of intent to play for Kansas.

Giddens, who averages 25 points a game, played Tuesday night for Class 5A top-ranked John Marshall against Northeast. On Monday, school officials told the Oklahoman Giddens would remain with the team and any disciplinary action would be handled “within accordance with our school board policy, our school rules and basketball regulations that have been passed.”

It’s believed he will not be suspended any games.

Giddens declined comment after Tuesday night’s game.

Typically, youths in trouble with the law are placed under a diversion or probation plan with the county’s juvenile bureau to take responsibility of their actions.

The youth agrees to do a number of things such as restitution, victim mediation and community service while being on supervised probation.

“The juvenile system is set up specifically to rehabilitate,” Lane said. “The goal is to help make that kid a solid person. That is why the focus is different than the adult system.

Juveniles facing nonviolent charges who are willing to take responsibility are candidates for a diversion plan.

If the youth completes the plan, the district attorney never files charges and the juvenile does not have a criminal record.

Wal-Mart security officers took Giddens and three adults — Giddens’ uncle, Rickke Leon Green, 48; Katie Lee Citty, 35; and Amber Starr Fletcher, 19 — into custody about 3 a.m. Dec. 19 after watching them on surveillance monitors.

The security officers told police that Fletcher, who worked as a cashier at the store, had apparently disabled security tabs on various products and did not charge for them.

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Giddens, Green and Citty passed $3,854 worth of electronics through Fletcher’s register but paid only $40, police said.

A decision on criminal charges against the adults has not been determined, Lane told the Daily Oklahoman.

Giddens was scheduled for a pretrial hearing today, but that hearing has been canceled after his case was resolved.

KU coach Roy Williams was out of town recruiting and unavailable for comment. He has repeatedly declined to comment on the matter.

Recruiting analyst Greg Swaim of Oklahoma City-based gregswaim.com, who has known Giddens for more than two years, said Giddens “will be wiser for this when he gets to Kansas.”

“I think J.R. showed some youthful indiscretion and ignorance and will be wiser for it. Furthermore I do not expect him to get in any trouble after this. I’ve talked to some of his mentors and advisers. He fully understands the seriousness of what happened. Even though he is not guilty of a crime he needs to stay away from anything that will tarnish his reputation or school’s reputation whether it is John Marshall High School or Kansas.”

— Journal-World assistant sports editor Gary Bedore contributed information to this story.