in the Matter of E. v. a Juvenile

OPINION

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice.

Appellant E.V. appeals from the trial court’s decision to transfer him to the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for completion of his thirty-year determinate sentence. Appellant advances two issues: (1) the Texas determinate transfer procedure is unconstitutional both on it’s face and as applied in his case; and (2) the trial court erred by failing to provide notice to Appellant’s mother. We affirm.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

Appellant E.V. is a citizen of Mexico. He was first detained while in the United States in connection with the…