Burgess v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment of delinquency against two juveniles. In a petition in the juvenile court, fourteen-year-old Linda Gail Burgess was charged with aiding and abetting seventeen-year-old Edward Cowan, Jr. in the offense of rape. In a separate petition, sixteen-year-old Kenneth Clay was charged with first degree rape. Cowan was also charged with first degree rape. Although tried together, the juveniles were represented by separate counsel in the juvenile court. Clay and Cowan were declared delinquent for having committed the offense of sexual misconduct. Alabama Code 1975, §…