Legal Opinion

Hight v. State

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 12, 1972No. B-3137PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON REHEARING

2Per curiam

On July 2, 1971 the State filed a petition to declare George Hight a juvenile delinquent, based on certain criminal acts alleged to have taken place on June 27, 1971. George Hight was born on September 23, 1954; thus, he was sixteen years old and therefore subject to juvenile delinquency proceedings when the offenses occurred and when the State sought to have him declared a delinquent. Article 2338-1, Sec. 3-5, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Civ.Stat. The State abandoned its efforts to have him adjudicated a delinquent and then sought to have the juvenile court waive its exclusive jurisdiction…

3Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Carrillo v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1972
  2. Hight v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971

4Cited by11 opinions

  1. R. E. M. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
  2. James Arthur Brown v. J. D. Cox, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
  3. R . E. M. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. Miguel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
  5. In re M. W.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1975

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