Kendall Bell v. State

OPINION

Rebeca Huddle, Justice

When Kendall Bell was 16, the State filed a petition in a Harris County juvenile court alleging that he had engaged in delinquent conduct by committing aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. On the State’s motion, the juvenile court concluded that because of the seriousness of Bell’s offense, the welfare of the community required criminal proceedings. It therefore waived its jurisdiction and transferred the case to criminal district court, where Bell pleaded guilty without an agreed recommendation, and the trial court deferred a finding of guilt and placed him…