B.C.B. v. State

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

This is the direct appeal from the order of the Juvenile Court of Montgomery County *284directing the transfer of the appellant, 17-year-old B.C.B., to circuit court for prosecution as an adult on a charge of capital murder. In this appeal, the appellant contends that the juvenile court erred in ordering his transfer and that, instead, the court should have proceeded under the involuntary commitment of minors provision of Ala.Code 1975, § 12-15-90.

The transfer of a juvenile from juvenile court to circuit court is governed by Ala.Code 1975, § 12-15-34. Subsection (c) thereof…