J. D. P. v. State

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the 98th District Court of Travis County, sitting as Juvenile Court, waiving its juvenile jurisdiction and certifying J. D. P. for trial as an adult on a charge of murder.

Appellant was 16 at the time of the alleged offense on January 11,1979. A hearing was held pursuant to Tex. Family Code Ann. § 54.02. A written statement made by appellant was admitted into evidence, in which he admitted shooting the victim, but asserted that it was in self defense after an altercation erupted following the victim’s homosexual advances toward…