SB266 Summary

• Amends Alabama Code Section 15-19-1 regarding youthful offender status for defendants charged with crimes committed as minors.

• Requires courts to provide victims with 10 days' notice prior to youthful offender hearings when the defendant is charged with intentionally inflicting serious physical injury or intentionally killing the victim.

• Mandates courts conduct an evidentiary hearing on the crime allegations and extent of victim injuries, and consider this evidence before determining youthful offender status for such cases.

• Specifies that failure to provide required victim notices or rights shall not be grounds for either the defendant or victim to seek to set aside the case disposition.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.