Premeaux v. State

DIES, Chief Justice.

On February 17, 1971, appellant Preston James Premeaux, Jr., a sixteen-year-old boy, was arrested in Orange County, Texas, and charged with unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, to-wit, marijuana. Subsequently, on March 29, 1971, he was adjudged by the County Court of Orange County, Texas, sitting as a Juvenile Court, to be a delinquent child. He was placed on probation and committed into the custody of his parents.

On April 15, 1971, the minor was again arrested in Orange County for possession of marijuana, and on April 22, 1971, the county attorney of Orange County…