Opinion
S94A0132.
DECIDED APRIL 25, 1994. RECONSIDERATION DENIED MAY 27, 1994.
Murder. Ware Juvenile Court. Before Judge Pritchard.
Solomon Edgar, M. Theodore Solomon, for appellant.
Harry D. Dixon, Jr., District Attorney, Richard E. Currie, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.
Appellant, a juvenile at the time of the incident, is charged with murdering his father by shooting him twice with a shotgun. Subsequent to our earlier decision involving this juvenile, see In re C. R., 263 Ga. 155 ( 430 S.E.2d 3) (1993), the juvenile court conducted a transfer hearing and entered an order transferring the case to superior court for prosecution. At issue in this appeal is whether the statutory requirement imposed by OCGA § 15-11-39 (a) (3) (C) was met. The juvenile court found that because of the heinous nature of the offense the community's interest in treating appellant as an adult outweighed appellant's interest in being treated as a juvenile. We conclude that this finding was sufficient to warrant the transfer. State v. M. M., 259 Ga. 637 (3) ( 386 S.E.2d 35) (1989). Accord In the Interest of J. H., 260 Ga. 447 (1) ( 396 S.E.2d 885) (1990). Thus, the juvenile court did not abuse its discretion in transferring the case. OCGA § 15-11-39 (a) (3).
Appellant concedes that the requirements of OCGA § 15-11-39 (a) (3) (A) and (B) were met.
Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.