...be amended to the petition. The same crime, a year later, would mean transfer to adult court for the boy, said Susan Teaster, the director for the Juvenile Division of the Georgia Indigent Defense Council. "If he were 13 he would automatically...

...Council. "Prior to '94, there were not certain crimes that were considered automatic (for Superior Court)," said Susan Teaster, the juvenile division director for the council. "What prompted the move was the information being released that...