Legal Opinion

Witherspoon v. State

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided June 13, 2001No. CA CR 00-1288Published

1Opinion of the Court

JOSEPHINE Linker Hart, Judge.

Appellant, Derrick Lamont Witherspoon, who was charged by an information filed in circuit court with the crimes of capital murder and first-degree battery, brings this interlocutory appeal from the circuit court’s denial of his motion to transfer the case to juvenile court. Appellant argues on appeal that the circuit court clearly erred in denying his motion to transfer because the decision was not supported by clear and convincing evidence and because the circuit court considered improper evidence in making the decision. We affirm.

The felony information charged…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ring v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
  2. Beulah v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
  3. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
  4. Jongewaard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2000

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