In re M.J.A.

Opinion on The State of Texas’s Motion FOR REHEARING En BANC

Opinion by

SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.

In June 2002, M.A. was charged with the burglary of a neighbor’s home. Before the case was tried, he was shot in a drive-by shooting. M.A. was hospitalized for approximately four weeks. His trial ultimately began in January 2003. However, after the first day of trial, M.A. entered an open plea of true, and his case proceeded to the disposition phase. In his sole issue on appeal, M.A. complains the trial court erred in placing him on probation outside his home. M.A. asserts that, instead, the…