In the Matter of J.P.D.D. v. the State of Texas

NUMBER 13-25-00385-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG IN THE MATTER OF J.P.D.D. ON APPEAL FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 5 OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS DISSENTING MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Tijerina and Justices Cron and Fonseca Dissenting Memorandum Opinion by Justice Cron The State had exactly twenty-one months between J.P.D.D.’s arrest and his eighteenth birthday to proceed in juvenile court. At the beginning of the waiver hearing, the State told the juvenile court that “the majority of the delay [in this case] was due to an 18-month period…