State v. Hale

OPINION

REID, Chief Justice.

This case presents an appeal by the State from the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals reversing the conviction of a juvenile tried in criminal court as an adult pursuant to T.C.A. § 37-1-134 and -159.

On September 20, 1987, the defendant, then 16 years and 9 months of age, shot and killed another person. Upon a delinquency petition, the defendant was taken into custody by the juvenile court. On December 8, 1987, the juvenile court, upon notice and hearing pursuant to T.C.A. § 37-l-134(a) and (b), found that the defendant should be transferred to the criminal…