The Fifth District affirmed the conviction and sentence of a 19-year-old DYS inmate for felonious assault committed within a juvenile correctional facility, rejecting the argument that the case should have originated in or been remanded to juvenile court.
The Tenth District affirmed a juvenile delinquency adjudication, holding that a magistrate who presided over a related co-defendant’s case was not required to recuse from the second juvenile’s hearing absent a showing of actual bias.
The Fifth District affirmed the juvenile court’s decision to transfer jurisdiction of a 16-year-old charged with aggravated robbery and felonious assault to adult court, finding the amenability determination was supported by competent, credible evidence.
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the transfer of a juvenile murder case to juvenile court, holding that the State’s ex parte 90-day extension of the 180-day indictment deadline under OCGA section 17-7-50.1(a) was invalid because the State failed to provide notice, hold a hearing, or demonstrate good cause as the statute requires.
The Twelfth District affirmed the denial of an adoptive father’s Civ.R. 60(B) motion to vacate a child support order, holding that the father’s failure to raise R.C. 2151.361(B) at the original hearing or in a timely appeal foreclosed relief from the support obligation.