People v. Brown

JUSTICE HOOD delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶1 After being charged with first degree murder as an adult in district court, Brandon Brown exercised his statutory right to request a "reverse transfer" to juvenile court. In doing so, he asks us to address whether he may temporarily waive privilege as to certain information at the reverse-transfer hearing without suffering a continued waiver at trial.1

¶2 We hold that he may not. Nothing in the reverse-transfer statute gives Brown the ability to make such a limited waiver. And, neither common law scope-of-waiver limitations nor constitutional…