Smith v. State

STEAGALL, Justice.

Certiorari was granted in this case in order to determine whether in the juvenile court, with a district judge presiding, a post-trial motion for new trial to alter, amend, or vacate a judgment suspends the time for giving notice of appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals. We hold that it does, and we reverse.

Gary Glenn Smith, a child under the age of eighteen years, was adjudicated a delinquent in the Juvenile (District) Court of Henry County on February 14, 1986. On February 28, 1986, Smith timely filed a motion for new trial and a motion to alter, amend, or vacate the…