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Facts

• The case involves the Defendant's appeal from a judgment and sentence following an amenability hearing, where the court determined that the Defendant was not amenable to treatment. The Defendant had aged out of the juvenile system during the procedural history of the case. The appeal challenges the district court's consideration of the Defendant's amenability to treatment, the impact of the Defendant's age, and the court's emphasis on the crime over the evolving science on adolescent development.

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Defendant-Appellant: Argued that the district court erred in determining he is not amenable to treatment, contended that his aging out of the juvenile system should not have negatively impacted the amenability assessment, and claimed the court placed undue emphasis on the crime instead of considering the evolving science on adolescent development and juveniles' capacity for reform (paras 3-5).
• Plaintiff-Appellee: [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the district court erred in determining that the Defendant is not amenable to treatment.
• Whether the Defendant's aging out of the juvenile system should impact the amenability assessment.
• Whether the district court placed undue emphasis on the crime over the evolving science on adolescent development.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment and sentence of the district court, upholding the determination that the Defendant is not amenable to treatment (para 6).

Reasons

• Per Timothy L. Garcia, J. (Jonathan B. Sutin, J., and Henry M. Bohnhoff, J., concurring): The Court found that the district court had considered the relevant evidence and statutory factors in concluding the Defendant was not amenable to treatment, acting within its discretion. It was noted that the Supreme Court precedent requires amenability to be evaluated based on the offender's age at the time of the hearing, not earlier stages of the proceedings, which the Court of Appeals could not reconsider. Despite the Defendant's arguments regarding the district court's alleged undue emphasis on the crime and insufficient consideration of the evolving science on adolescent development, the Court concluded that the district court had appropriately weighed the Defendant's juvenile status against the circumstances of the crime and the Defendant's individual history, finding no legal error or abuse of discretion (paras 3-5).