D.D.A. v. State

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, 17-year-old D.D.A, was charged by petition with intentionally causing the death of another during a drive-by shooting, a capital offense under Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-5-40(a)(18). After a hearing on the State’s motion to transfer, the Juvenile Court of Etowah County found probable cause to believe that the appellant had committed the offense of reckless murder and ordered him transferred to circuit court for criminal prosecution as an adult. The appellant raises five issues in this appeal from the juvenile court’s order.

I

The appellant contends that the…