Title: McKinney v. State

State: alabama

Issuer: Alabama Supreme Court

Document:

404 So. 2d 639 (1981)
Kathy Ann McKINNEY
v.
STATE of Alabama.
80-142.

Supreme Court of Alabama.
September 25, 1981.
George N. Sims, Jr., Talladega, for appellant.
Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Jean Williams Brown, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
ALMON, Justice.
The defendant, Kathy Ann McKinney, a juvenile, appeals from an order transferring her case from the juvenile court to the *640 criminal division of the Talladega County Circuit Court. She contends that the order of the circuit court does not comply with Code 1975, § 12-15-34. We reverse and remand.
On June 4, 1980, the State filed a request with the juvenile court to transfer McKinney to the circuit court to be tried as an adult. On June 10, 1980, after a hearing, the juvenile court issued an order to transfer. This order is more than adequate to meet the requirements of § 12-15-34. However, the defendant appealed de novo to the circuit court, as provided in Code 1975, § 12-15-120. The circuit court's order is as follows:
Done this 25th day of November 1980.
This order is not sufficient to meet the requirements of § 12-15-34. This Court stated in Young v. State, 387 So. 2d 825 (Ala.1980) that:
For the reasons stated in Young, this case must be reversed and the cause remanded.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
TORBERT, C. J., and FAULKNER, EMBRY and ADAMS, JJ., concur.