LOCKAMY v. STATE

No. 12021.

488 S.W.2d 954 (1972)

Robert LOCKAMY et al., Appellants, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Bercu, Travis County Legal Aid & Defender Society, Austin, for appellants.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Max P. Flusche, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellee.


SHANNON, Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the district court of Travis County denying the relief sought in a petition for writ of habeas corpus on behalf of more than five hundred juveniles in the custody of The Texas Youth Council. We will reverse that judgment.

The petitioners alleged that they had been adjudged delinquent by orders of numerous juvenile courts in ninety-five counties across Texas. They alleged further that as none of them...

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