Smith v. State

818 S.W.2d 945 (1991)

307 Ark. 223

Charles Lee SMITH, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. 91-146.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 11, 1991.

Wm. R. Simpson, Jr., Public Defender, Andy O. Shaw, Dep. Public Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Teena L. White, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

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…