Ex Parte Martinez

McDonald, judge.

Petitioner, an inmate of the state penitentiary, brings this application for writ ■of habeas corpus in his own handwriting. When petitioner’s conviction reached this Court on appeal, the writer shared the view •of the majority and affirmed the case, from which position he has not departed. It is my view that the Juvenile Act and all hearings thereunder are civil and not criminal in nature. It necessarily follows that I do not believe that jeopardy attaches in juvenile courts as they are without jurisdiction of felony offenses.

My views are fully set forth in the •opinion…