In the Interests of S.K.

(on reassignment).

[¶ 1.] The State of South Dakota appeals an order of the circuit court denying the State’s motion to transfer jurisdiction of a then sixteen-year-old minor child, S.K., from juvenile court to adult circuit court. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] On June 26, 1997, a juvenile petition was filed in Yankton County charging S.K., then sixteen years of age, with first-degree robbery (Class 2 felony), escape (Class 4 felony), and simple assault (Class 1 misdemeanor). The charges arose when S.K. and several other juveniles allegedly escaped from the State Training…