determining that there was no prejudice resulting from the circuit court’s admission of a confession at the transfer hearing
How later courts described this case
- determining that there was no prejudice resulting from the circuit court’s admission of a confession at the transfer hearing
- “We have repeatedly held that the crime of rape is by definition a violent offense. . . . Appellant’s argument that the crime of rape, in order to be classified as violent, requires additional threats or physical abuse independent of the rape is wholly without merit.”
- when a young offender is ultimately charged in circuit court, the failure of law enforcement officers to obtain parental consent to waiver of right to counsel, pursuant to § 9-27-317, does not bar admissibility of confession
- idea behind juvenile code was “the notion of offering special protections to juveniles in the hopes of putting them on a separate track ending somewhere other than the Department of Correction”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Glaze, J., concurs, see Boyd v. State, 313 Ark. 171 , 853 S.W.2d 263 (1993), and would consider readdressing Boyd.
Brown, J., concurs. Newbern and Roaf, JJ„ dissent.