United States v. A.R., a Male Juvenile, A.R.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROTH, Circuit Judge:

A.R., a juvenile, challenges an order of the district court granting the government’s motion to proceed against him as an adult. At the adult certification hearing, also referred to as the transfer hearing, the government introduced into evidence several psychiatric and psychological reports. The evaluations of defendant, upon which these reports were based, were conducted in preparation for a similar certification motion, then pending in state court, regarding unrelated state charges. A.R. objected to the use of these reports, contending that their use…