Gulledge v. State

Defendant, Sherry Ann Gulledge, age 17, was charged with the murder of Sarah Hannah. Pursuant to Code 1975, § 12-15-34, a motion was filed by the district attorney to transfer Gulledge to the circuit court for prosecution as an adult. After a hearing upon the motion to transfer, an order was entered transferring Gulledge to the Circuit Court of Calhoun County. The defendant appealed from that order.1 For the reasons set out herein, we affirm.

On September 2, 1981, the body of Sarah Hannah was discovered in her home at Oxford, Alabama. The cause of death was determined to have been blunt force…