J. A. C. v. STATE OF GEORGIA

50194, 50195.

134 Ga. App. 561 (1975)

215 S.E.2d 324

J. A. C. et al. v. STATE OF GEORGIA. M. R. C. et al. v. STATE OF GEORGIA.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided April 16, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Driebe & McAllister, J. Dunham McAllister, for appellants.

William H. Ison, District Attorney, Douglas M. Peters, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


CLARK, Judge.

To what extent may a juvenile court judge direct and participate in the proceedings of a delinquency trial? That is the unique question presented by this appeal in which counsel representing four boys ruled delinquent for vandalism of school property objected to the trial "based upon the fact that there is no prosecutor in this court; that as a matter of law, the judge cannot act as both questioner and prosecutor and also as judge." (T. 26). Other enumerations...

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