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Mince v. StateMince v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Dec 3, 1919
No. 5519.
Reporters:
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Before:
Lattimore
LATTIMORE, Judge.

—Appellant appeals from a conviction in the District Court of Hale County, sitting as a Juvenile Court ‍​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‍and rendering a judgment finding appellant guilty of being a delinquent child, and ordering him confined in the State Industrial School for Boys, at Gatesville. The judgment recites that a jury was waived, and ‍​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‍appellant found guilty of being a delinquent child.

A motion for a new trial was made and overruled, and the case, as brought here, presents but one point, to wit: that the complaint filed against ‍​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‍appellant shows him to be guilty of a felony, and that in a felony case a jury cannot be waived. Under our statutes, a charge against one of being a delinquent child, is not ‍​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‍a felony, and a jury can be waived. This identical question was before this Court in the companion ease of Allen Lee v. The State, decided at a former day of this term adversely ‍​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‍to the contention of appellant.

No error appearing in the record, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

Affirmed^

Case Details

Case Name: Mince v. State
Court Name: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Date Published: Dec 3, 1919
Citations: 216 S.W. 869; 86 Tex. Crim. 327; 1919 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 421; No. 5519.
Docket Number: No. 5519.
Court Abbreviation: Tex. Crim. App.
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