Relyea v. State

Hall, Justice.

This appeal by a juvenile convicted of a capital offense is completely controlled by Brown v. State, 235 Ga. *300353 (219 SE2d 419). Under the construction of Code Ann. § 24A-301 (b) given by Brown, the superior court and the juvenile court have concurrent jurisdiction over juveniles charged with capital offenses, and whichever court first takes jurisdiction over the matter in question may retain it, subject to the right of the juvenile court to transfer the case to the superior court under Code Ann. § 24A-2501. Like Brown, Relyea was first indicted by the grand jury for the six…