In the Interest of Lamont G.

Harwell, Justice;

Respondent Keith Lamont G., a juvenile, pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and possession of a stolen vehicle. The family court judge committed respondent to the Department of Youth Services for an indeterminate period not to extend beyond respondent’s twenty-first birthday. The State appeals, arguing that the family court judge was obligated to include a provision in the commitment order providing that respondent could be transferred to the Department of Corrections upon his twenty-first birthday. We affirm.

I. FACTS

On April 24 and 25, 1989, juvenile petitions were sworn…