W.B.S. v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “"Upon receipt of the case, the Etowah Circuit Court determined that the threshold question was: 'Do the provisions of Rule 32, [Ala. R. Crim. P.], apply in juvenile cases?' (C. 3.) The circuit court instructed the parties to file legal memorandums addressing this question. W.B.S.... also filed what he styled as a 'Motion for Relief From Judgment Under Rule 60(b), [Ala. R. Civ. P.].' In that motion, W.B.S. argued that, if Rule 32, Ala. R. Crim. P., does not apply to juvenile proceedings, he should be able to obtain relief under Rule 60(b), Ala. R. Civ. P. The circuit court ... concluded that neither Rule 32, nor Rule 60(b) was applicable to juvenile-delinquency proceedings."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 244 So. 3d 133 - W.B.S. v. State

2. “"The language used in Rule 32.1 is plain and expressly extends 'postconviction' relief to only a ' defendant who has been convicted of a criminal offense .' (Emphasis added.) To conclude that Rule 32 applies to juvenile adjudications, this Court must hold that the phrase 'defendant who has been convicted of a criminal offense,' includes both juveniles -who are certainly not classified as 'defendants'-and delinquency adjudications -which are not criminal convictions, see § 12-15-220(a), Ala. Code 1975. ".... "Thus, the plain language of Rule 32.1, Ala. R.Crim. P., does not include juveniles who have been adjudicated delinquent."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 244 So. 3d 133 - W.B.S. v. State

3. “"Because juvenile-delinquency proceedings are 'quasi-criminal in nature,' the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure are not applicable to those proceedings, see Rule 1(a), Ala. R. Juv. P., and Rule 60(b) cannot be the mechanism by which W.B.S.-or any other juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent-can challenge trial counsel's effectiveness."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 244 So. 3d 133 - W.B.S. v. State