Legal Opinion
In re J.L.M.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 5, 1996No. 95-FS-375PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PERREN, Associate Judge:
J.L.M., a sixteen-year-old (who was fifteen years old at the time of the offense and filing of the charges) appeals the trial court’s order transferring the armed-murder charges against him from the Family Division, Juvenile Branch, to the Criminal Division for prosecution. J.L.M. contends the trial court erred in concluding that (1) his transfer was in the interest of the public welfare and the protection of the public security, and that (2) there were no reasonable prospects for his rehabilitation. We affirm.
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