Walter v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

Appellant Eric Lamont Walter files this interlocutory appeal based on the refusal of the circuit court to transfer this matter to juvenile court for treatment as a delinquency case. His argument on appeal is that he did not employ violence in the offenses alleged against him and, as a consequence, he should be transferred to juvenile court under the Blevins v. State rationale that his offenses are serious ones but not violent in nature. See Blevins v. State, 308 Ark. 613, 826 S.W.2d 265 (1992). We disagree, and we affirm the decision of the circuit court.

The facts…