D.G. v. State

JOINER, Judge.

D.G. appeals his delinquency adjudication based on the underlying charge of first-degree sexual abuse of P.R.W., a six-year-old female, a violation of § 13A-6-66, Ala.Code 1975. He was ordered to cooperate with Juvenile Court Services, to complete a sex-offender assessment, and to undergo a psychological evaluation. He was also ordered to maintain no contact with P.R.W.’s family.

D.G. argues that the juvenile court erred because, he says, he was denied the right to cross-examine a State’s witness in violation of the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. Specifically, he…