People in Interest of YC

581 N.W.2d 483 (1998)

1998 SD 76

The PEOPLE of the State of South Dakota, In the Interest of Y.C., Minor Child, and concerning L.S. and V.C.

No. 20303.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Argued June 3, 1998.

Decided July 8, 1998.

Scott A. Abdallah, Lincoln County State's Attorney, Canton, for appellant State of South Dakota.

Deborah A. Birgen of May, Johnson, Doyle & Becker Sioux Falls, for appellee Y.C.

GILBERTSON, Justice.

¶ The State of South Dakota appeals the circuit court's denial of a motion to transfer sixteen-year-old Y.C. to adult court in connection with charges stemming from a July 21, 1997…