D.I.J. v. State

KELLUM, Judge.

A delinquency petition was filed in the Jefferson Juvenile Court charging the appellant, D.I.J., a 16-year-old male, with two counts of theft of property in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-8-3, Ala.Code 1975, and one count of burglary in the third degree, a violation of § 13A-7-7, Ala. Code 1975. Following a bench trial, the juvenile court found that D.I.J. had committed the charged offenses and adjudicated him delinquent. The juvenile court ordered D.I.J. to be placed in the custody of the Department of Youth Services.

The evidence presented to the juvenile court…