K.M.C. v. State

LUMPKIN, Judge:

Dissents.

1 I must respectfully dissent to the decision and analysis by the majority in this case. Regretfully, the majority disregards the rules of statutory construction in order to achieve a desired result. I can understand the frustration the members of the majority have with the evolution of the Youthful Offender Act and the failure of the Act to live up to its original aspirations. However, those frustrations should not control over the dictates of the Rule of Law established by our case law on how statutes are to be interpreted.

T2 There is no constitutional right to be…