Mallard v. State

STATON, Judge.

After jurisdiction over Donald M. Mallard was waived by the juvenile court, he was tried by jury and convicted of first-degree burglary. He was sentenced to a prison term of ten to twenty years. Mallard brings this appeal from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, in which he argued that the criminal court lacked jurisdiction to hear his case.

We find no error and we affirm.

Two persons, an adult and Mallard who was sixteen, were apprehended inside a private home on September 6, 1973. Some money had been taken. At the time, Mallard was on parole from commitment to…