ARKANSAS DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. STATE

No. 94-1070.

894 S.W.2d 592 (1995)

319 Ark. 749

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas and Gary Harbin, a minor and Roberta Joseph, His Parent, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 13, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Breck G. Hopkins, Little Rock, for appellant.

Angela S. Jegley Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


NEWBERN, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the Chancellor erred in ordering that a juvenile offender committed to a youth services center be placed in a serious offender program. Although the Chancellor clearly had the authority to commit the youth to a youth services center, he lacked authority to order commitment to a serious offender program within the youth services center. We thus reverse and remand the judgment.

Gary Harbin, aged 16, pleaded...

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