Bright v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

This is another in the series of cases reviewing whether a circuit court should have retained jurisdiction over a juvenile or should have transferred the case to juvenile court. In this case, the prosecuting attorney filed two (2) felony charges against the appellant in circuit court. The appellant filed a motion seeking to have the charges transferred to juvenile court. The circuit court refused to transfer the cases. The appellant appeals. We affirm the circuit court’s ruling.

The applicable statute, Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-318(e) (Repl. 1991), provides that, in…