Thompson v. State

SHORES, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case because of an alleged conflict between the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals and the opinion of this court rendered in Clemmons v. State, 294 Ala. 746, 321 So.2d 238 (1975).

In Clemmons, we held that the Youthful Offender Act, Title 15, § 266(l)-(6), Code, required the trial court, when dealing with a young person, as defined in that Act, to call the provisions of the Act to the attention of defendant, and point out to him that, if he desired, he could consent to an investigation and examination as set forth in that Act.

In the instant…