B.J.M. v. State

OPINION

LAGARDE, Justice.

B.J.M. wishes to appeal the trial court’s order adjudicating him a child engaged in delinquent conduct and committing him to the Texas Youth Commission. On April 29, 1998, he timely filed a notice of appeal to invoke this Court’s jurisdiction. On the same date, his guardian ad litem timely filed an affidavit, signed personally by her, asserting that B.J.M. was indigent and therefore entitled to a free appellate record.1 On the same day, the district clerk filed a contest to the affidavit. The trial court conducted a hearing and announced that it would sustain the…