Opinion ID: 783023
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Transfer Proceeding

Text: 9 Miguel was seventeen years old at the time of the shooting. The Government moved to transfer Miguel from juvenile proceedings to adult status for prosecution in district court. Miguel opposed the transfer. In his memorandum, Miguel's counsel stated that even assuming the truth of the Government's allegations, the shooting was accidental and the youth's intoxication mitigated the offense. 10 After considering the transfer statute factors, 4 the district court granted the Government's motion to transfer Miguel. As the Government itself recommended, the district court assumed the truth of the Government's allegations regarding Miguel's commission of the charged crime for purposes of the transfer hearing. The court required the Government to present clear and convincing evidence to rebut the presumption in favor of treating Miguel as a juvenile. It exercised its discretion to transfer 5 because it found that the transfer served the interests of justice. 11 Miguel appealed the transfer order to this court. In his brief, Miguel's counsel again described the statement Miguel made to the police, stating that Miguel accidentally fired the gun while he was trying to aim it into the air. In an unpublished disposition, we rejected Miguel's challenges and returned the case to the district court for trial.