Overview

• Judge Denise de Bellefeuille denied prosecutors’ bid to move the now 18-year-old suspect to adult court after a five-day 707 transfer hearing in San Francisco.
• The defendant faces attempted murder, assault and attempted second-degree robbery, with juvenile exposure commonly cited as roughly five to seven years versus decades to life in adult court.
• Prosecutors argued the attack was planned and highlighted prior alleged firearm incidents in San Joaquin County, including an episode at a Tracy high school, while District Attorney Brooke Jenkins cited local juvenile recidivism concerns.
• The defense presented evidence of childhood abuse, foster-care instability and documented progress in custody, including forming a book club, graduating high school and enrolling in college, supported by a forensic psychologist’s testimony.
• Police and court evidence describe an attempted robbery in Union Square where a struggle led to three shots that struck Ricky Pearsall in the chest and the suspect in the arm; a pretrial conference is set for Sept. 24.