No. 19-7198

B. T. D. v. Alabama

Lower Court: Alabama
Docketed: 2020-01-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection juvenile-justice juvenile-transfer serious-physical-injury standing vagueness
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Does a child have due process rights to a judicial determination of whether his/her case should remain in juvenile court or should be transferred to adult criminal court?

II. Is the language of § 12-15-204(a)(4) Ala. Code 1975: "a felony which has an element thereof the causing of … serious physical injury" unconstitutionally vague?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a child have due process rights to a judicial determination of whether his/her case should remain in juvenile court or should be transferred to adult criminal court?

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-14
Waiver of right of respondent State of Alabama to respond filed.
Main Document
2019-01-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 6, 2020)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixAppendixAppendixAppendixAppendixAppendix

Attorneys

B.T.D.
Gary L. Blume — Blume & Blume, Attorneys at Law, PC, Petitioner
State of Alabama
Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr. — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent