17-year-old Cameron Phinizee was at the Lauderdale County Courthouse on Thursday.

FLORENCE, Ala. (WHNT) — A Lauderdale County judge denied youthful offender status for a teen charged in a deadly shooting at a Florence apartment in 2021, according to court records.

Conference committee members agreed to editorial changes to H 642 to ensure courts ask whether victims wish to be heard and to clarify that any victim statement presented must be considered in both youthful-offender status and disposition proceedings. The group directed staff to produce a final committee-of-conference draft.

A Senate Judiciary conference committee agreed to revise H 642 to clarify that courts must seek and consider victim impact statements both when assessing youthful-offender status and at disposition hearings; staff will update the draft to cross-reference subsection (b) and circulate a final conference version.