Valdez, Ex Parte Joe Anthony

OPINION

Applicant, Joe Anthony Valdez, was adjudicated as a juvenile for committing murder with a deadly weapon, a first-degree felony under Texas Penal Code Section 19.02. He received a determinate sentence of fifteen years. Applicant was committed to the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) until his eighteenth birthday and was then transferred by the juvenile court to Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to complete his sentence.1 He was released from TDCJ on parole. His parole was later revoked for burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit assault, a second degree felony under…