In Re the Welfare of K.A.P.

OPINION

HAROLD W. SCHULTZ, Judge *

This appeal is from an order certifying appellant K.A.P. to stand trial as an adult on charges of second-degree murder. See Minn.Stat. § 609.19(1) (1994) (intentional murder), Minn.Stat. § 609.19(2) (1994) (felony murder); Minn.Stat. § 260.125, subd. 2a (1994) (presumption of certification for 16 or 17-year-old who commits an offense with a guidelines presumptive executed sentence).

FACTS

The state filed a delinquency petition alleging that on May 25, 1995, K.A.P., then age 17, caused the death of Ronderiek Dewayne Skipper, by stabbing him. Witnesses told police…