IN RE TORRES

No. 6185.

476 S.W.2d 883 (1972)

In re Juana TORRES, a Minor.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

February 9, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Bercu, Kent R. Morrison, El Paso, for appellant.

Henry H. Pena, County Atty., Jesus M. Hernandez, Asst. County Atty., El Paso, Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Roland Daniel Green, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellee.


OPINION

WARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the District Court of El Paso County, refusing the granting of the writ of habeas corpus for the benefit of the minor petitioner and remanding her to the custody of the Texas Youth Council. The judgment of the District Court is reversed and the minor is ordered discharged.

This minor was arrested for the offense of misdemeanor shoplifting on March 4, 1968, when she was fourteen years of...

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