D.J. v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

Appellant, D.J., age thirteen, was adjudged a juvenile delinquent in July 1990 for repeated acts of shoplifting. He was placed on indefinite probation. Later he was charged with violating conditions of his probation, burglary, three counts of theft and one count of theft by receiving. These offenses resulted in a second adjudication of delinquency and commitment to the intake unit of the Youth Services Center.

The juvenile filed notice of appeal to the chancery court and moved that he be released pending appeal. The court entered an order setting a bond in the amount of…