In the Interest of Pettit v. State

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

The Sheriff of Yalobusha County petitioned the Youth Court of the Second Judicial District of that county to find Danny Wayne Pettit, a minor of sixteen years, delinquent and to commit him to a training *1354school or to other appropriate supervised care. Pettit was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following an automobile accident in which a youthful passenger in the car was fatally injured.

On October 25, 1976, a youth court proceeding was conducted in which it was established that on August 4, 1976, Pettit, Charles Winters and Tony…