 Hi, I'm David Cantor with the Law Offices of David Michael Cantor and today I'm going to talk about juvenile transfer hearings in Arizona. Now, a juvenile transfer occurs from juvenile court to adult court if there are certain elements that apply in a case. If the juvenile is 15 years of age or older and he's committed a violent crime, first or second degree murder, forcible sex assault which is raped or armed robbery or aggravated assault or some other violent crime, then there's an automatic transfer up to adult court. A discretionary transfer occurs when the judge determines that a juvenile has two prior felony adjudications or convictions and the transfer is required to protect the public safety. These are known as chronic felony offenders. That's the term that they use in Arizona. Also, if a juvenile is committed sexual conduct with a minor or child molestation or if the juvenile is 17 years of age and six months or older, that's called red line. Again, the judge can discretionarily send them to adult court. Now, let's assume a juvenile is already in adult court. We can seek to have the juvenile transferred back down to juvenile court, which is a good thing because of much lower punishment and the jurisdiction for probation is much smaller. Now, to transfer from adult to juvenile court, we will have a hearing held in superior court. We will prepare a psychological report showing that it would be very damaging to leave the child in adult court. The caps if a juvenile is convicted in juvenile court is 18th birthday. Can't hold him beyond his 18th birthday. Also, he doesn't have to register as a sex offender beyond his 25th birthday. If he's left in adult court, he can be incarcerated for years and also have to register for life as a sex offender. So, if you or a loved one have been charged with a crime in juvenile court and you're seeking to keep from being transferred to adult court or being transferred back down to juvenile court, give us a call. It doesn't cost anything to meet with us, but it will take about 30 minutes of your time. So, we look forward to hearing from you soon to help you out. Take care.