Legal Opinion
Castro v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided January 29, 1986No. 08-84-00440-CRPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OSBORN, Justice.
The Appellant pled guilty to a charge of burglary of a habitation and the court sentenced her to fifteen years imprisonment. She contends it was error to try her on this charge when the juvenile court certified her as an adult for the offense of capital murder. We affirm.
The Appellant was arrested on July 31, 1983, and charged as an adult, along with two co-defendants, with the felony offenses of burglary of a habitation and capital murder arising out of the same incident. On August 25, 1983, she was granted immunity from prosecution for the offense of capital murder…
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- Ex Parte SpencerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
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