State v. JLM

996 So.2d 740 (2008)

STATE of Mississippi

v.

J.L.M.

No. 2007-CA-01160-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 4, 2008.

Elizabeth P. Todd, attorney for appellant.

Gail D. Nicholson, attorney for appellee.

Before DIAZ, P.J., CARLSON and RANDOLPH, JJ.

DIAZ, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. This is a case involving the transfer of a criminal case to youth court and the double-jeopardy implications thereof.

¶ 2. On July 31, 2005, J.L.M., sixteen years of age at the time, and cousin B.S., then eight years of age, were sitting in a car outside a house where adult relatives were playing cards. Both…