K.M.P. v. STATE

No. 2-85-091-CV.

701 S.W.2d 939 (1986)

In the Matter of K.M.P., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, State.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

January 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Whitlock, Denton, for appellant.

Jerry Cobb, Crim. Dist. Atty., Jim E. Crouch, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Denton, for State.

Before FENDER, C.J., and ASHWORTH and HILL, JJ.


OPINION

FENDER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the discretionary transfer of a juvenile, K.M.P., appellant, to criminal court.

The appellant, age 15, and her husband, age 19, were married and living with their four-day-old child on January 8, 1985. On this day, appellant, who had apparently been at home alone with the baby, told a neighbor that she had dropped the baby on the kitchen floor and the neighbor called an ambulance. The baby died...

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