State v. J.D.S.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

J.D.S. and another juvenile were charged with robbing a convenience store and murdering its clerk. The state filed a petition under AS 47.10.060 seeking a waiver of juvenile jurisdiction so that J.D.S. could be prosecuted as an adult. Following a six day hearing, the trial court concluded that J.D.S. was amenable to treatment as a *1279child and therefore declined to waive juvenile jurisdiction. On appeal, the court of appeals affirmed. We granted the state’s petition for hearing and reverse.

AS 47.10.060(a) provides that the superi- or court shall waive juvenile…