Moore v. State

OPINION

ELLIS, Justice.

Appellant, Robert Earl Moore, appeals from an order of the County Court at Law No. 1 of Galveston County, sitting as a juvenile court, waiving its exclusive original jurisdiction and transferring appellant to the district court for criminal proceedings. We affirm.

The State alleged in its petition for waiver of jurisdiction, pursuant to the Texas Family Code Ann. § 54.02 (Vernon 1975), that appellant committed three felony offenses, and because of the seriousness of the offenses and the background of the child, the welfare of the community required that the juvenile court…