UNITED STATES v. A.W.J.

No. 86-5274.

804 F.2d 492 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. A.W.J. (juvenile), Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Tilsen, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

John Hopeman, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and FAGG and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal seeks to overturn the order of the District Court transferring a seventeen-year-old male for criminal prosecution as an adult as authorized by 18 U.S.C. § 5032. Appellant is charged with first-degree murder and assault. He is an enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, and the crimes charged took place on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Thus the case is in federal court. See 18 U.S.C. § 1153.

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