Brown v. State

In concurring, I write only to mention my understanding of the concern this court expressed in Sanders v. State, 326 Ark. 415, 932 S.W.2d 315 (1996). There, the court stated that, under the court’s current interpretations of the juvenile code, prosecuting attorneys could file a serious charge against a juvenile in circuit court and do nothing more. (Emphasis added.) That concern involved cases like Walker v. State, 304 Ark. 393, 803 S.W.2d 502 (1991), where the court held that, in a motion-to-transfer hearing, the criminal information alone was sufficient evidence to determine the seriousness…