John Gonzalez III v. State

OPINION

Opinion by:

Patricia 0. Alvarez, Justice

This case stems from an aggravated robbery resulting in the murder of James Whitley. Appellant John Gonzales III was a juvenile at the time of the offense. Upon motion by the State, the juvenile court waived jurisdiction and transferred the matter to criminal court. After Gonzales’s motion to suppress was denied, he entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced by the trial court to twenty-years’ confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. On appeal, Gonzales contends the juvenile court erred in transferring…