Legal Opinion
Moon, Cameron
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 10, 2014No. PD-1215-13PublishedCited by 116 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · PricePrice, J.
in which Womack, Johnson, Keasler, Cochran and Acala, JJ., joined.
We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review in this case in order to address several questions related to the appellate review of a juvenile court’s waiver of its otherwise-exclusive jurisdiction over a person alleged to have committed a murder at the age of sixteen. What, exactly, is the appellate court’s appropriate role in reviewing the adequacy of the juvenile court’s statutorily required written order transferring the child to a criminal district court for prosecution as an adult? Ultimately, we hold…
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