Commonwealth v. Oswaldo O., a juvenile

*551 This case involves the application of the doctrine of transferred intent to the crime of assault, which consists of two forms: attempted battery and immediately threatened battery. In Commonwealth v. Melton , 436 Mass. 291 , 763 N.E.2d 1092 (2002), the Supreme Judicial Court applied the doctrine in connection with the intent element of the attempted battery form of assault. We address now whether the doctrine applies to the intent element of the immediately threatened battery form of assault. In particular, following a bench trial, a Juvenile Court judge adjudicated the juvenile delinquent…