Heagerty v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

This appeal concerns the order of the trial court denying appellant Joshua M. Heagerty’s motion to transfer his six drug cases to juvenile court. The matter was first appealed to the Court of Appeals, which reversed the trial court. See Heagerty v. State, 62 Ark. App. 283, 971 S.W.2d 793 (1998). The State petitioned this court to review the matter, and we agreed. We reverse the Court of Appeals decision and affirm the trial court’s denial of the transfer.

On May 7, 1997, Joshua Heagerty was charged in circuit court with six counts of delivery of a controlled substance…