Mitchell v. State

OPINION

OLIVER, Judge.

James Mitchell, the defendant below, represented in his trial by retained counsel and here by the Shelby County Public Defender appointed by the court, was convicted of armed robbery in the Criminal Court of Shelby County and was sentenced to imprisonment for 15 years in the State Penitentiary. He is now before this Court upon his appeal in the nature of a writ of error duly perfected.

At the time of the robbery on 16 December 1967 the defendant was only 17 years of age. By order entered on 20 December 1967, after conducting an investigation *496and hearing, the juvenile court…