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MATTER OF J.D.

No. 9696.

773 S.W.2d 604 (1989)

In the Matter of J.D.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

May 23, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Ruhe, Jr., Shafer, Ramsey & Ruhe, P.A., Dallas, and Kirk Johnson, Texarkana, Ark., for appellant.

John F. Miller, Jr., Dist. Atty., Texarkana, for appellee.

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

J.D., a sixteen-year-old male, was adjudged delinquent and committed to the Texas Youth Commission for an indefinite time. The proceedings resulted from an incident where J.D. killed his natural father by shooting him with a shotgun. The State alleged a violation of Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.04 (Vernon 1989) (voluntary manslaughter).

J.D. was represented by legal counsel and was accompanied by his mother during the adjudication...

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