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IN RE S.M.

No. 98-FS-1156.

729 A.2d 326 (1999)

In re S.M., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah L. Harris, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Samia Fam, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Sidney R. Bixler, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom John M. Ferren, Corporation Counsel, Robert R. Rigsby, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Rosalyn Calbert Groce, Director, Policy and Appeals Branch, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN, SCHWELB, and FARRELL, Associate Judges.

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

Appellant is a male youth whom the government charged by juvenile petition with murder in the first degree. Because he was fifteen years old at the time of the offense, the government moved to transfer him to the Criminal Division of the Superior Court for prosecution as an adult. See D.C.Code § 16-2307(a)(1) (1997). Following an evidentiary hearing which focused chiefly on whether appellant could be rehabilitated through residential...

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