Bonner v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Fifteen-year-old Terrance Dewayne Bonner was indicted in superior court for armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. He moved to dismiss the indictment on the ground that the prosecution was barred by double jeopardy because he previously had been adjudicated delinquent in juvenile court for the acts alleged in the indictment. The superior court denied Bonner’s motion, holding that jeopardy had not attached during the delinquency adjudication because the juvenile court had lacked jurisdiction in that proceeding. Bonner appeals, and finding no…