Casanova v. State

CADENA, Justice.

Appellant, Jose Casanova, seeks reversal of a judgment of the juvenile court of Bexar County declaring him to be a delinquent child within the meaning of our juvenile delinquency statute, Article 2338-1, Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann., and committing him to the custody of the Texas Youth Council for an indefinite period, not to extend beyond his twenty-first birthday. The judgment further ordered that appellant be sent to the Gatesville School for Boys. At the time the judgment was rendered, appellant was sixteen years and nine months old.

Appellant’s sole contention is that,…