D.M.J. v. State

BOWEN, Judge.

Fifteen-year-old D.M.J. was adjudicated a delinquent by the Juvenile (District) Court of Houston County based on a petition charging the unlawful possession of cocaine. He was committed to the Department of Youth Services. The juvenile’s motion for a trial de novo in circuit court pursuant to Rule 28(B), A.R.Juv.P., and Ala.Code 1975, § 12-15-120, and his motion to restore his case to the circuit court for trial de novo were denied. On this appeal from the order of adjudication of delinquency of the juvenile court, the Attorney General candidly admits that “[t]he Appellant…