State v. MM

259 Ga. 637 (1989)

386 S.E.2d 35

THE STATE

v.

M. M., a child.

46889.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided December 1, 1989.

Benjamin H. Oehlert III, Assistant District Attorney, for appellant.

Elliott A. Shoenthal, for appellee.

BELL, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case, In the Interest of M. M., 190 Ga. App. 795 (380 SE2d 75) (1989), to consider whether a juvenile court must decline to transfer a juvenile to superior court for prosecution if the juvenile is amenable to treatment, or whether the court may, even though the juvenile is amenable to treatment, transfer the juvenile to superior court,…