State v. DeGarmo

COBB, Judge.

The defendant, Bertie DeGarmo, was indicted for kidnapping and aggravated assault. Because he had previously pled guilty to the aggravated assault charge in a juvenile proceeding, and because the assault and kidnapping arose from the same incident, the trial judge granted DeGarmo’s motion to dismiss the kidnapping charge in an order which stated:

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED, this Court finds the defendant, BERTIE EUGENE DEGARMO, entered guilty plea to the offense of Aggravated Assault which was accepted before the Honorable Frances Jamieson, Circuit Judge, Juvenile Division, on May 23,…