Brooks v. State

DAVID Newbern, Justice.

Derelle Brooks, a seventeen year old, was charged with rape in Jefferson Circuit Court on August 7, 1995. He moved to transfer the case to the juvenile division of chancery court. The motion was denied. The Trial Court’s statement on the matter emphasized the seriousness of, and violence involved in, the offense. We affirm the decision.

A “criminal charge sheet” found in the record states that Mr. Brooks placed his finger in the vagina of the two-year-old victim, causing her to bleed. Evidence presented by Mr. Brooks in support of the transfer motion showed that he and…