Legal Opinion

Ex Parte WTK

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 19, 1991No. 89-1521Published

1Opinion of the Court

586 So.2d 850 (1991)

Ex parte W.T.K.

(Re W.T.K. v. State).

89-1521.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 19, 1991.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1991.

Richard A. Lawrence and Paul Lowery, Montgomery, for petitioner.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and Beth Slate Poe, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

KENNEDY, Justice.

This is a review of an order transferring a juvenile, W.T.K., to circuit court for prosecution as an adult. 567 So.2d 1375.

The issues are (1) whether W.T.K.'s confession was admissible at a transfer hearing, over an objection that it was the fruit of an unlawful arrest, and (2) whether the complaints…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Taylor v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Duncan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
  5. Ex Parte WhisenantSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985

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