State v. Flores

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnson, J.:

Rafael L. Flores was 14 years old on October 5, 1996, when he fired six rounds into a group of people, lolling one person and wounding another. The State originally charged Flores as a juvenile with, inter alia, first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. After a hearing, the district court certified Flores to be tried as an adult. The State charged Flores as an adult with one count of premeditated first-degree murder, with an alternative count of felony murder; two counts of attempted first-degree murder; one count of criminal…