C.B. v. State

JIM HANNAH, Chief Justice.

| Appellant, C.B., appeals an order denying his motion to dismiss and to declare the juvenile-transfer statute, Arkansas Code Annotated section 9-27-318 (Repl. 2009), unconstitutional and an order denying his motion to transfer to juvenile court. In challenging the constitutionality of section 9-27-318, C.B. contends that the statute (1) violates the separation of powers provided in the Arkansas Constitution by “improperly vesting power in the local prosecuting attorney to determine which Court has initial jurisdiction over certain classes of juveniles[,]” and by…