Legal Opinion
Rivers v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 7, 1997No. A97A1284PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
Sixteen-year-old Jimmy Lee Rivers was tried and convicted of aggravated assault (OCGA § 16-5-21) and entering an automobile with intent to commit a theft or felony (OCGA § 16-8-18). A juvenile petition alleging delinquency was filed, but he petitioned the juvenile court “to transfer to superior court and demanded] trial by jury.” The court granted his request pursuant to OCGA § 15-11-39.
1. Rivers enumerates as error the juvenile court’s order of transfer, contending that the court should not have allowed him to waive a hearing in conformity with OCGA § 15-11-39.
The juvenile…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Grant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
- Hooten v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
- Patterson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
- Harper v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
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3Cited by18 opinions
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