Title: State v. Gilman

State: vermont

Issuer: Vermont Supreme Court

Document:

ENTRY ORDER

                       SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 90-378

                            SEPTEMBER TERM, 1990


 State of Vermont                  }          APPEALED FROM:
                                   }
                                   }
      v.                           }          District Court of Vermont,
                                   }          Unit No. 3, Caledonia Circuit
                                   }
 Darren Gilman                     }
                                   }          DOCKET NO. 480-4-89CaCr


              In the above entitled cause the Clerk will enter:

      The State's motion to dismiss defendant's appeal of the trial court's
 denial of transfer to juvenile court pursuant to V.R.A.P. 5.1 is granted.

      Defendant was five weeks short of age 16 when the events in question
 occurred.  He is now 23 and stands charged with assault and robbery re-
 sulting in physical injury (13 V.S.A. { 608(c)).  Defendant seeks transfer
 to juvenile court, nunc pro tunc, and hence effective dismissal of the
 charges.

      The transfer to juvenile court was discretionary with the trial court,
 since the offense charged was one of those enumerated in 33 V.S.A. {
 635a(a).  In denying the motion, the court weighed defendant's extensive
 juvenile record, his mental status, and the factors set forth in Kent v.
 United States,