Lanes v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

WHITE, Judge.

Appellant, a juvenile certified for trial as an adult under Section 54.02, V.T.C.A. Family Code, was convicted of burglary of a habitation. 1 Punishment was assessed at twenty years imprisonment.

The Ninth Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction holding inter alia, that a fingerprint order, issued pursuant to Section 51.15, V.T.C.A., Family Code, provided sufficient probable cause to arrest and fingerprint a juvenile. 2 Lanes v. State, 711 S.W.2d 403 (Tex.App.—Beaumont 1986). Appellant petitioned this Court for discretionary…