Ex Parte Stanley

OPINION

This is an application for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 11.07, V.A.C.C.P.

Applicant was a juvenile when the district attorney filed a motion asking that the juvenile court waive its jurisdiction and transfer applicant to district court to be tried as an adult on three counts of aggravated robbery. The juvenile court granted the motion as to two of the counts but retained jurisdiction in the third. Subsequently applicant was convicted in district court on his plea of guilty and sentenced by the trial court to five years imprisonment. This conviction was not appealed. However,…