In Re the Appeal in Pima County, Juvenile Action No. J-218-1

OPINION

KRUCKER, Judge.

A juvenile court order granting the State’s petition to transfer the subject juvenile to adult court for prosecution is the subject of this appeal. The juvenile’s attack on the ruling is two-prongéd: (1) Rule 14, Rules of Procedure for Juvenile Court, 17A, A.R.S., is violative of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, and (2) The transfer order is unsupported by the evidence.

The challenge to the constitutional validity of Rule 14 need not be discussed since the Arizona Supreme Court has already considered a like argument and rejected it. State v.…