State v. G. Laman

Summary

The court affirmed the decision to keep the juvenile proceeding in District Court rather than transfer it to Youth Court. Applying abuse-of-discretion review, it concluded that substantial evidence supported findings that community protection and the nature of the alleged offenses warranted adult prosecution. The court emphasized the alleged pattern of coercive and manipulative sexual conduct involving multiple victims over an extended period, together with the defendant's elevated recidivism risk and the limits of juvenile supervision.