Opinion

S.H. v. State

868 So. 2d 1110

Court: Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Filed: Jun 27, 2003
Status: Published
Author: Yates
On the bench: Crawley, Pittman, Murdock, Yates, Thompson
Cited by: 9 cases
Authority: More cited than 0.9%

The opinion

YATES, Presiding Judge,

dissenting.

The juvenile court treated this truancy/child-in-need-of-supervision (“CHINS”) proceeding as a criminal matter; therefore, this appeal should have been filed in the Court of Criminal Appeals so that S.H. could be afforded the constitutional and statutory rights to which she is entitled. Compare State v. K.C.L., 823 So.2d 1287 (Ala.Crim.App.2001)(appeal in a proceeding on a truancy/CHINS petition). Accordingly, I would transfer the appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals.

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