Gilliam v. State

h Malik Gilliam appeals the denial of his motion to transfer his case to the juvenile division of the circuit court. He argues that evidence of his prior history should have been excluded pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-3Q9(k) (Repl. 2015). We disagree and affirm.'

In April 2015, Gilliam was charged in the Pulaski County Circuit Court with sexual assault in the second degree. Gilliam, who was seventeen at the time of the incident, was accused of sexually assaulting his nine-year-old cousin, A.M. In May 2015, Gilliam moved- to transfer his case to the juvenile division of the circuit court.…