In re M.P. CA4/2

INTRODUCTION

This is M.P.’s second appeal from an order transferring him from juvenile court to

a court of criminal jurisdiction under Welfare and Institutions Code section 707.

M.P. is alleged to have committed one count of murder and two counts of

attempted murder when he was 17 years old. His case was initially transferred to

criminal court in December 2021. M.P. appealed, and we affirmed the transfer order in

an unpublished opinion. (In re M.P. (July 29, 2022, E078295) [nonpub. opn.].)

The criminal court later returned M.P.’s case to the juvenile court for a new

transfer hearing following the passage of Assembly Bill No. 2361 (Assembly Bill 2361),

which amended section 707 by raising the burden of proof on a transfer motion.

At M.P.’s second transfer hearing, the juvenile court considered the evidence

presented at the initial transfer hearing, along with additional evidence presented by the

parties. In April 2024, the juvenile court again concluded M.P. was not amenable to

rehabilitation under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and transferred the matter back

to criminal court.

M.P. appeals the transfer order. He contends the juvenile court did not…