Robinson v. State

OPINION

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

After appellant was certified as an adult, a jury convicted him of aggravated robbery. The trial court assessed punishment at twenty years’ confinement.

Appellant alleges five grounds of error, three of which deal with the examining trial required after a juvenile has been certified as an adult for criminal prosecution. See V.T.C.A. Family Code, Sec. 54.-02(h). The remaining two grounds allege a violation of the Texas Speedy Trial Act. We turn to these grounds first.

On March 7,1980 appellant was placed in a juvenile detention center after allegedly committing…