People in Interest of YC

GILBERTSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] The State of South Dakota appeals the circuit court’s denial of a motion to transfer sixteen-year-old Y.C. to adult court in connection with charges stemming from a July 21, 1997 armed robbery of a bank. We reverse.

PACTS AND PROCEDURE

[¶ 2.] On July 28, 1997, a juvenile petition was filed in Lincoln County, South Dakota charging Y.C., then age fifteen, with first degree robbery and commission of a felony while armed with a firearm. Y.C.’s mother had found a bag of caáh in his room and immediately summoned the police. Y.C. is alleged to have used a loaded .357 magnum…