Legal Opinion
Sargent v. Cole
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided May 27, 1980No. CR 80-82PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Darrell Hickman, Justice.
Donald Odell Sargent, a seventeen-year-old, was charged by information in the Saline County Circuit Court with first degree murder. He has petitioned this court to prohibit his trial in the circuit court.
We granted temporary stay of the proceedings until the parties could brief the issue. We find no merit to the petition and deny the writ.
The only question before us is whether the Arkansas Juvenile Code of 1975 requires that all juveniles, persons under eighteen years of age, be charged and tried for criminal acts in juvenile court. We find that it does not.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cook v. BevillSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1969
- Town of Wrightsville v. WaltonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
- Cordell v. KentSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927
- Louisiana Oil Refining Company v. RainwaterSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1931
- Skinner v. MayfieldSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1969
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Bolden v. WattSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
- Love v. HillSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
- Ward v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987
- Cummings v. Washington County Election CommissionSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987
- Vandiver v. Washington CountySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
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