In the Interest of B. C., a Child

Miller, Judge.

The State filed a petition alleging that then 13-year-old B. C. committed the delinquent acts of aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation and child molestation. At the adjudicatory hearing, B. C. informed the juvenile court that, pursuant to plea negotiations with the State, he intended to enter an Alford 1 plea to the child molestation charge in exchange for dismissal of the remaining charges. 1 2 The trial court denied B. C.’s request, findingthat OCGA § 15-11-580, which the legislature enacted in 2013 as part of the new Juvenile Code, does not authorize the entry of an…