C.L.Y. v. State

BASCHAB, Judge.

The appellant, C.L.Y., was adjudicated delinquent based on a charge of first-degree sexual abuse of K.H.,1 a violation of § 13A-6-66(a)(l), Ala.Code 1975. The juvenile court ordered that he be committed to the custody of the Department of Youth Services. The appellant did not file any post-adjudication motions. This appeal followed.

The victim in this case made several statements that indicated that her seventeen-year-old uncle had sexually abused her. She was three years old at the time of the incidents. Citing § 15-25-31, Ala. Code 1975, the State filed a motion to admit…