Legal Opinion
United States v. Lemrick Nelson, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 17, 1995No. 421, Docket 95-1271PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MINER, Circuit Judge:
The government appeals from an order entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Trager, J.) denying its motion to transfer defendant-appellee, Lemrick Nelson, Jr., who stands accused of juvenile delinquency, for adult criminal prosecution pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 5031 et seq. The district court determined, following a mandatory review of the pertinent factors enumerated in the statute, that the “interest of justice” would not be served by a transfer.
For the reasons that follow, we vacate the transfer order and remand for further…
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