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J.M.R. v. COUNTY OF TALLADEGA

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686 So.2d 209 (1996)

J.M.R., et al. v. COUNTY OF TALLADEGA, et al. J.M.R., et al. v. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF COURTS, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 27, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Baxley and David McKnight of Baxley, Dillard & Dauphin, Birmingham; and Steven D. Adcock, Talladega, for appellant J.M.R.

Thomas W. Sorrells, Montgomery, for appellees Office of Prosecution Services and its director, Tom Sorrells.

Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, and Gilda Branch Williams, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees Clarence Haynes, Lucy Baxley, Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission, and Commission members Miriam Shehane, Katherine Romans, and Benny Peoples, and the Administrative Office of Courts.

ALMON, Justice.

J.M.R. appeals from the dismissal of his action requesting declaratory relief and seeking damages pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. His complaint asserts that § 15-23-17(b), Ala.Code 1975, which, at the pertinent time, authorized victim compensation assessments only in felony and misdemeanor cases, was not applicable to adjudications under the Youthful Offender Act, § 15-19-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975.

In 1994, J.M.R. was afforded youthful...

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