Holmes v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Appellant, a juvenile, was charged in circuit court with aggravated robbery. He filed a motion to transfer the case to juvenile court. The circuit court denied the motion. Appellant filed this interlocutory appeal from the circuit court’s denial of the transfer motion. We affirm the ruling of the circuit court.

A prosecuting attorney has the discretion to file charges in circuit court when a case involves a juvenile fourteen or fifteen years of age and the alleged act constitutes aggravated robbery. Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-318(b) (Repl. 1993). In deciding whether to…