State of Arizona v. Lee L.N.

OPINION

ECKERSTROM, Chief Judge.

¶ 1 In this special action, the State of Arizona challenges the respondent judge’s order remanding real party in interest L.N. to the juvenile division of the Pima County Superior Court after the state sought to prosecute him as an adult on felony charges. The respondent judge found the state did not sustain its burden of establishing the class six felony delinquency adjudications were historical prior felony convictions for purposes of A.R.S. § 13-501(A) and (H)(2), and A.R.S. § 13-105(22)(e). The state maintains the respondent abused his discretion by so…