D. A. W. v. State

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of a juvenile court waiving its exclusive original jurisdiction and transferring a child to a district court for criminal proceedings.

In January 1975, four petitions were filed by the State of Texas (State or appellee) citing D.A.W. (appellant), a minor, for alleged acts of delinquent conduct. These petitions sought an adjudication of delinquency. Over the course of the next few months, the case was reset numerous times and citations were served on D.A.W. and his grandmother on several occasions. On June 26 new petitions were…