Commonwealth v. Beasley

BECK, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, at age 17, was charged with robbery, theft and receiving stolen property. Following a negotiated guilty plea, he was sentenced to 3/é to 10 years in prison. On appeal he claims that the court erred in permitting him to be charged as an adult and further erred in denying his petition to transfer the matter to juvenile court. We vacate and remand.

¶ 2 Appellant entered a market, displayed a BB gun and demanded money. The clerk handed over cash and food stamps and appellant fled. The incident was captured on video and appellant, upon apprehension, admitted the crime.

¶ 3 We…