Legal Opinion
in the Matter of B.W.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 18, 2010No. 08-1044Published
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
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No. 08-1044
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In the Matter of B.W.
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On Petition for Review from the
Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas
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Justice Wainwright, joined by Justice Johnson and Justice Willett, dissenting.
The Court holds that a thirteen-year-old minor cannot be adjudicated under the Juvenile Justice Code for prostitution, despite a clear statutory charge to address such distressing conduct by treatment and rehabilitation of the minor and protection of…
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- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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