J. W. A. v. State

Were it not for Mathis v. State, 231 Ga. 401 (197 SE2d 73), after the juvenile court took jurisdiction it would have to retain it unless the statute was followed in transferring it to the superior court. As I understand the constitutional amendment, it simply gave the juvenile court and the superior court concurrent jurisdiction over juvenile felonies, whereas before that the superior court had had exclusive felony jurisdiction. It also (by saying "as provided by law”) gave the legislature the authority to say under what terms such transfer could be made. The legislature did this under Code…