In re Mario L.

OPINION

LANKFORD, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Mario L. appeals from a juvenile court ruling granting transfer of his case to superior court for prosecution as an adult. Because the juvenile court did not abuse its discretion, we affirm the juvenile court’s transfer order.1

The relevant facts are as follows. When Mario was seventeen years and three months old, Appellee State of Arizona (“State”) charged him with one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and requested transfer to adult court for prosecution. The court denied the transfer request. At his adjudication hearing, the court…