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30 Jun 2010, 12:00 am by Sex Offender Issues
STATE Mel Melendez appeals from the adjudication of guilt for aggravated sexual assault of a child. [read post]
20 Mar 2010, 7:14 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Drug courts vary in structure, as they may target different populations at different stages in the juvenile justice process and consist of different phases.There are 14 juvenile drug courts in Texas. [read post]
13 Feb 2010, 12:00 pm by B.W. Barnett
In Texas, juveniles (persons under 17) who commit criminal offenses are processed by the Juvenile Court of the appropriate jurisdiction under the Juvenile Justice Code . [read post]
Per Curiam Opinion TAGS: preservation of error for appellate review, motion for new trial after jury trial, sufficiency point of error, juvenile cases, crimes by minors, delinquency adjudication [read post]
27 Jan 2010, 8:03 am by Gritsforbreakfast
First, via an email from the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition:On Thursday, January 28, 2010, at 9:00 am in Room E2.010, the Corrections Committee will also hold its first interim hearing to listen to both public and invited testimony on interim Charge 5, to review the range of services provided to females in the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems and hear recommended changes to ensure responsiveness to gender-specific issues. [read post]
5 Jan 2010, 8:26 am by Gritsforbreakfast
A couple of Texas House legislative committees will hold hearings in the next couple of weeks on criminal-justice related topics. [read post]
4 Jan 2010, 9:31 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission should provide a statewide detention screening instrument for the vast majority of probation departments that don’t have one.Another component of JDAI is alternatives to detention. [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 6:38 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Examine the deferred adjudication system in Texas and recommend legislative changes.2. [read post]
12 Jun 2009, 9:13 am
In context and consistent with the Juvenile Justice Code’s scheme, detention refers to the period of temporary custody preceding the adjudication of the charges against the child. [read post]
17 Mar 2009, 3:34 am
Given that, to me the utilitarian arguments trump and this bill balances the retributivist need for punishment with the insensibility of locking up a juvenile until they die of old age.You can watch the hearing here at 1:30 p.m. or upon adjournment of the Texas Senate. [read post]
7 Jan 2009, 7:13 pm by Troy P. Burleson
If the juvenile court does not transfer the child for adult criminal proceedings, the juvenile court may, on peti-tion of the prosecuting attorney, conduct an adjudication hearing. [read post]
3 Nov 2008, 7:03 pm
Franklin, No. 06-4109 Conviction and sentence for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime are affirmed over objections regarding: 1) sufficiency of the indictment; 2) voluntariness of defendant's guilty plea; 3) denial of a motion to suppress evidence discovered as the result of a traffic stop; 4) trial court's failure to appoint separate counsel to represent defendant at two hearings in which his own counsel moved to… [read post]
30 Jan 2008, 11:03 pm
On November 19, 2007, two and a half months before yesterday's decision, Mr.Callahan filed a motion for stay of execution with the District Court and requested, in thealternative, a hearing on, and determination of, the merits, without the need of a stay.5. [read post]
30 Jan 2008, 7:35 am
" U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, January 24, 2008 US v. de Jesus-Ojeda, No. 05-41265 "Defendants' sentences arising from an illegal alien smuggling scheme is affirmed where the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's findings and sentencing enhancements under U.S.S.G. section 2L1.1(b)(5) and (6) were properly applied as, based on the facts of the case, it was foreseeable by participants in the scheme conducted in South Texas in August that others involved in… [read post]
26 Oct 2007, 11:22 pm
" According to Haley Smith at The Baptist Standard ("Bexar County youthful offenders find second chance with KAPS," Oct. 26):A growing number of South Texas juvenile offenders are hearing good newsâ€â [read post]
4 Sep 2007, 2:47 am
Guadalupe-Rivera, No. 05-1939 Sentence for charges involving drug distribution and firearm violations is affirmed over defendant's contentions that the district court: 1) abused its discretion in refusing to conduct an evidentiary hearing on whether certain prior convictions on which the court based his sentence were actually part of the instant offense; and 2) erred in relying on his confidential juvenile record without disclosing the content of that record to him. [read post]