State v. Doe

OPINION

RIORDAN, Justice.

Respondent John Doe (Doe)' was charged in the children’s court division of the district court (children’s court), with committing the delinquent acts of aggravated battery, NMSA 1978, Section 30-3-5, criminal sexual penetration, NMSA 1978, Section 30-9-11, and attempted first degree murder, NMSA 1978, Section 30-2-1 (Cum. Supp.1983) and NMSA 1978, Section 30-28-1(A). The children’s court attorney filed a pre-trial motion, pursuant to NMSA 1978, Section 32-1-30 (Repl.Pamp.1981), for transfer of the case to district court for prosecution as an adult. The pre-trial motion…