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CHAPMAN v. STATE

S89A0504.

259 Ga. 592 (1989)

385 S.E.2d 661

CHAPMAN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howe, Sutton, McCreary & Dettmering, Donald B. Howe, Jr., for appellant.

Frank C. Winn, District Attorney, David McDade, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Richard C. Litwin, for appellee.

GREGORY, Justice.

This appeal arises from Terry Norman Chapman's conviction for murder.1 Chapman is a fifteen-year-old minor whom the State prosecuted as an adult felon under the concurrent jurisdiction provisions of OCGA § 15-11-5 (b). His sole enumeration of error is that this statutory scheme is unconstitutional under the state and federal constitutions. We affirm.

1. We begin our analysis by noting that any right a defendant...

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