Smith v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This case is another of a recent number of cases involving the interpretation of the new juvenile transfer statute, Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-318 (Supp. 1991). Appellant had five juvenile cases pending against him in chancery court when the prosecutor moved to transfer two of these cases to circuit court. One case contained a felony theft-by-receiving count and the other case involved two felony counts of breaking or entering into two vehicles. A capital felony murder charge had also been filed against the appellant prior to the transfer hearing in this case, but the trial…