State v. Anthony

LeGRAND, Justice.

The sole question presented here is whether the trial court erred in transferring this juvenile defendant to criminal court for prosecution on a charge of murder committed in violation of § 690.1, The Code. He subsequently entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to serve a term of 50 years in the penitentiary as provided by § 690.3, The Code. We affirm that judgment.

On September 19, 1974, a petition was filed in juvenile court in Black Hawk County alleging defendant, then 17 years of age, was delinquent. On the same day, an application was filed to transfer defendant to…