In the Interest of C. R.

Clarke, Chief Justice.

On February 2, 1991, officers from the Ware County Sheriff’s Department detained appellee, C. R., who was then 15 years old, as a suspect in the murder of the appellee’s father. In order to detain the appellee at the Regional Youth Development Center, authorization was obtained that day from a juvenile court service worker, and, additionally, a detective from the Sheriff’s Department filled out a juvenile complaint form. The complaint form was filed in the juvenile court two days later, on February 4. A petition of delinquency, as contemplated by OCGA § 5-11-11, was not…