Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

The attempt to save the life of a victim stabbed by a juvenile justified a 45-minute delay between the arrest of the juvenile and transport to the juvenile office and did not constitute "unnecessary delay" under Section 52.02(a)(2) of the Texas Family Code.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/27/2001
• Published 06/27/2001

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William R. McKinney, Jr., Amarillo, for appellant., John L. Owen, Asst. District Attorney, Amarillo, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for the State.