Legal Opinion
Matter of DM
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 31, 1980No. 9210Published
1Opinion of the Court
611 S.W.2d 880 (1980)
In the Matter of D. M.
No. 9210.
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.
December 31, 1980.
McGowan & McGowan, P. C., Bradford L. Moore, Brownfield, for appellant.
G. Dwayne Pruitt, Brownfield, for appellee.
REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.
Eighteen year old D. M. appeals from an order of the juvenile court of Terry County waiving its exclusive original jurisdiction and transferring him to the district court for criminal proceedings. D. M. contends the order is (1) barred by his constitutional protection for prior jeopardy, (2) void for lack of juvenile court jurisdiction, and…
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