R.P. v. State

KITCHENS, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The Jefferson Davis County Youth Court held J.P.,1 a minor, in a juvenile detention facility for 103 days, then in the Jefferson Davis County Jail for thirty days more when J.P. attained age eighteen. J.P. was never adjudicated delinquent. No hearing was held on the question of his delinquency. After more than four months in custody, he was released. The court nevertheless ordered his parents to pay the nearly $10,000 cost of J.P.’s 103-day confinement in juvenile detention. We reverse the judgment of the youth court and render judgment in favor of the…