R.A.C. v. State

WHATLEY, Judge.

R.A.C. appeals his adjudications of delinquency in case nos. 97-3985, 97-3986, and 97-3988. He contends that his double jeopardy rights were violated by the adjudications, but we have a found a jurisdictional problem with them.

At the beginning of R.A.C.’s adjudicatory hearing in these cases on September 16, 1997, after the witnesses were sworn, the State noted that R.A.C. had filed a motion to suppress. The State asserted that it was ready to proceed on the motion and asked that it be handled immediately prior to the adjudicatory hearing. The court agreed to do so. After…