Legal Opinion
Garrett v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 9, 1993No. 6-92-092-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.
Decarlos Garrett appeals from a juvenile court order transferring him from a youth facility to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
The trial court found that Garrett had engaged in delinquent conduct by attempting capital murder while using a deadly weapon. The court committed him to the Texas Youth Commission for a determinate sentence of ten years. Shortly before his eighteenth birthday, the trial court held a release hearing pursuant to Tex.Fam.Code Ann. § 54.11 (Vernon Supp.1992).
Section 54.11 specifies the procedure to determine whether a juvenile who…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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