State v. Ware

Johnson, Presiding Judge.

At the age of fourteen, Nathan Ware was charged in superior court with having committed two counts of aggravated child molestation and one count of sexual battery upon his ten-year-old cousin, one count of child, molestation upon his nine-year-old cousin, and one count of child molestation upon his eleven-year-old cousin. Citing Ware’s immaturity, his lack of previous trouble with the law or in school, and the circumstances surrounding the charged incidents, Ware moved to transfer the case to juvenile court.

After hearing testimony from Ware’s father, an investigator,…