J.W. v. State

McMILLAN, Presiding Judge.

This cause was originally docketed as a direct appeal from a delinquency adjudication. However, before a decision was made on direct appeal, the case was remanded to the trial court to adjudicate J.W.’s Rule 32 petition in accordance with the procedure established in Barnes v. State, 621 So.2d 329 (Ala.Crim.App.1992). On remand, the trial court granted J.W.’s Rule 32 petition and dismissed the petitions against him. Although the State gave notice that it appealed the trial court’s judgment granting the Rule 32 petition, this Court held that the State’s notice of…