State v. Buelow

Defendant appeals from denial of his motion to transfer his case from criminal to juvenile court. We affirm.

I

Defendant, who was fourteen years old at the time of the crime, is charged with murder while perpetrating a sexual assault on his seven-year-old cousin. The girl’s body was found near her home three days after defendant had moved in with her family. Initially, defendant denied having committed the crime; indeed, he even participated in the search efforts. Two days after the homicide, however, he confessed to the killing during the administration of a polygraph test. He was then…