Webb v. State

Donald L. Corbin, Justice.

This is a petition for writ of prohibition filed by Frankie Webb, a juvenile defendant charged with one count of first degree battery in the Pulaski County Circuit Court, seeking to prevent the continuance of that proceeding. Petitioner argues jurisdiction of this case properly lies in the Pulaski County Chancery Court, Juvenile Division (“juvenile court”), not in circuit court. Jurisdiction of this petition is properly in this court pursuant to Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 1-2(a)(3). We grant the writ.

On June 14, 1993, petitioner, then aged fourteen years, allegedly committed…