Ex Parte State of Alabama

Certiorari was granted to review the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals, which held that the hearing on this juvenile court petition was a bench trial for alleged misdemeanors when,inter alia, the resulting adjudication was accompanied by fines imposed and probation. We hold that the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals was in error. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of that court and remand the cause for an order consistent with this opinion.

The facts which gave rise to the petition in the juvenile court are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the Court of Criminal…