A.D.R. v. State

SHORES, Justice.

A.D.R., a juvenile, was initially brought to the Lee Juvenile Court on four counts of capital murder, those four counts being based on the deaths of three people. After a hearing, the juvenile court determined that A.D.R. should be transferred to the circuit court to be tried as an adult. Neither A.D.R.’s appointed counsel nor the juvenile judge informed A.D.R. that he could appeal the transfer order. After the 14-day period for appeal (see Rule 28, Ala. R. Juv. P.) had expired, the circuit court appointed new counsel to represent A.D.R.

The new attorney filed a motion in the…