in the Matter of J. C. D.

Matter of J.C.D.

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS,

AT AUSTIN

NO. 3-93-256-CV

IN THE MATTER OF J. C. D.

FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 OF BELL COUNTY

NO. 136,524-C, HONORABLE EDWARD S. JOHNSON, JUDGE PRESIDING

J.C.D., a minor, was adjudged delinquent after pleading guilty to murder. J.C.D. received a twenty-five year determinate sentence and was committed to the Texas Youth Commission. Two and one-half months before J.C.D.'s eighteenth birthday, the juvenile court conducted a hearing to determine whether to transfer him to the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of…