Matter of Barker

Appellant, Mark David Barker, a 13 year old child was charged in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, Division For Juvenile Causes, with being a delinquent. The act of delinquency alleged of the appellant was the premeditated shooting to death of a 16 year old boy on a Baltimore street on October 9, 1972. Pursuant to the State's request, a waiver hearing was held before the Juvenile Court, Judge Robert I. H. Hammerman presiding, on November 22, 1972, following which the Juvenile Court waived jurisdiction over Mark to the Criminal Court of Baltimore.

The case is here on appeal from the lower…