R.C.M. v. State

BASCHAB, Judge.

On December 23, 1998, a delinquency petition charging the appellant, R.C.M., a seventeen-year-old male, with driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), a violation of § 32-5A-191(a)(2), Ala.Code 1975, was filed in the Juvenile Court of Mobile County. After conducting a hearing, the trial court adjudicated the appellant delinquent. The appellant filed a motion for a new trial, which the trial court summarily denied. This appeal followed.

The appellant argues that the trial court applied an incorrect standard in adjudicating him delinquent. Specifically, he contends that, even…