D.B.Y. v. State

The district attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit filed this petition for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Johnny Hardwick to reinstate D.B.Y.'s1 probation and to direct that he undergo a sexual-offender risk assessment as required by law before he be released from probation.2 In 2001, D.B.Y. was indicted for six counts of enticing a child in violation of § 13A-6-69, Ala. Code 1975. In November 2001, he was granted youthful offender ("YO") status and pleaded guilty to all counts as charged in the indictments. Judge Hardwick sentenced him to three-years' imprisonment on each count;…