D.D.P. v. State

BOWEN, Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal by four juveniles from orders of the juvenile court transferring them to circuit court for prosecution as adults in crimes involving kidnapping, rape, and robbery.

At 8:30 p.m. on August 23, 1990, Wanda Smith was walking towards her car in the parking lot of Bruno’s Supermarket on McGehee Road in Montgomery when she was accosted by four young black males. One of them brandished a gun and told her to get into her car. Instead, she screamed and ran, and the four youths ran away in the direction of Looney’s Skating Rink. Ms. Smith could not identify any…