P.W. v. State

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

Seventeen-year-old P.W., the appellant, was adjudicated a serious juvenile offender pursuant to Ala.Code 1975, § 12-15-71.1, on the underlying charges of theft of property, burglary of a motor vehicle, and possession of burglar’s tools. He was ordered committed to the Alabama Department of Youth Services for evaluation and placement.

The juvenile asserts on appeal that he should not have been ordered to pay court costs and fines in the amount of $1,494 because he is an indigent. At the hearing on the instant petitions, the juvenile admitted that he had been to juvenile…