Lockamy v. State

SHANNON, Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the district court of Travis County denying the relief sought in a petition for writ of habeas corpus on behalf of more than five hundred juveniles in the custody of The Texas Youth Council. We will reverse that judgment.

The petitioners alleged that they had been adjudged delinquent by orders of numerous juvenile courts in ninety-five counties across Texas. They alleged further that as none of them had been afforded counsel as required by Tex.Rev.Civ. Stat.Ann., ar*. 2338-1, Section 7-B, and the 6th Amendment to the Constitution of the…