In re D.F.B.
Minnesota Supreme Court
433 N.W.2d 79 (1988)
D.F.B. (defendant), sixteen and suffering from a severe depressive disorder worsened by ongoing family conflict, with a history of multiple suicide attempts, killed his parents and two siblings with an axe; the trial court found the state had not proven by clear and convincing evidence that D.F.B. could not be rehabilitated before his nineteenth birthday or that he posed a public safety threat, and ordered him tried as a juvenile, but the court of appeals reversed after the state, on appeal, presented a detailed multi-factorial analysis demonstrating those elements by clear and convincing evidence; D.F.B. petitioned the state supreme court for review.
Whether a state-performed multi-factorial analysis is an appropriate method for determining whether a juvenile should be charged as a juvenile or as an adult.