Opinion
Nos. CR 80-79, CR 80-81
Opinion delivered May 27, 1980
CRIMINAL LAW — 15-YEAR-OLD JUVENILE — TRIAL IN CIRCUIT COURT PERMISSIBLE. — A juvenile over 15 years of age, charged with a criminal act, may be tried in circuit court.
Temporary writs of prohibition were granted in these cases pending a decision regarding the Juvenile Code of Arkansas of 1975.
Our decision, this date, in Sargent v. Cole, 269 Ark. 121, 598 S.W.2d 749 (1980), held that a juvenile over 15 years of age, charged with a criminal act, could be tried in circuit court. Therefore, the temporary writs granted in these cases are dissolved and the appeals are dismissed.