Crankshaw v. State

McMurray, Judge.

Defendant was indicted and convicted in two counts of the offense of selling marijuana in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. Defendant appeals enumerating as error the denial of his plea to the jurisdiction of the Superior Court of Clayton County. Held:

Defendant argues that he is a "child” as defined by Code Ann. § 24A-401 (c) (2) (Ga. L. 1971, pp. 709, 713; 1973, p. 579; 1973, pp. 882, 884; 1976, pp. 1064, 1065; 1977, p. 700; 1977, pp. 1237, 1238) which states " '[c]hild’ means any individual who is:. . . (2) under the age of 21 years who committed an act of…