State v. DeAlegandro

HABHAB, Judge.

FACTS

On March 7, 1991, the defendant-Jose DeAlejandro, Raul DeAlejandro, and Sandra Garcia were arrested as the result of a narcotics transaction. On March 19, 1991, the date of the defendant’s eighteenth birthday, the State formally arrested the defendant and charged him with delivery of cocaine. Charges were filed against Raul DeAlejandro and Garcia on March 7, 1991, the date of the incident.

Prior to trial, the defendant filed a motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, to transfer jurisdiction of his case to juvenile court pursuant to Iowa Code section 803.5 (1991). The…