Ring v. State

Donald L. Corbin, Justice.

Appellant, Alan Ring, Jr., brings this interlocutory appeal under Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-318(h) (Repl. 1993), from the Mississippi County Circuit Court’s order denying his motion to transfer one count of rape to juvenile court. Jurisdiction of this interlocutory appeal is properly in this court pursuant to Ark. Sup. Ct. R. l-2(a)(12). We affirm the trial court’s denial of the motion to transfer.

Appellant was fourteen years old and mildly mentally retarded when he was accused of raping a six-year-old girl in the men’s restroom of the Wal-Mart store in Osceola,…