Polanco v. State

*270OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

Cruz Polanco III was fifteen years old at the time he was charged with retaliation and aggravated assault, therefore, the case began in juvenile court. The charges grew out of Polanco shooting a firearm into the home of the vice-principal of Polanco’s high school. That court, after certifying Polanco as an adult, waived jurisdiction and transferred the ease to the district court. Polanco was then indicted. He pleaded no contest without the benefit of a plea bargain and the court assessed punishment at ten years’ confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas…