TTJ v. State

716 So.2d 258 (1998)

T.T.J.

v.

STATE.

CR-96-1661.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

March 20, 1998.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 1998.

Joe W. Morgan, Jr., Birmingham, for appellant.

Bill Pryor, atty. gen., and Frances R. Clement, asst. atty. gen., for appellee.

COBB, Judge.

Marlon Collins was killed by a fatal gunshot wound to the head on February 20, 1997.

T.T.J., a juvenile, was arrested and indicted for capital murder for his death. (See § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala.Code 1975.) At the time of his arrest, T.T.J. was 15 years old. Following a hearing, his case was transferred to circuit court for trial as an…