IN RE L.D.C.

No. 12-0032.

400 S.W.3d 572 (2013)

In the Matter of L.D.C., A Child.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided May 24, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Robert Brandon , Asst. Criminal Dist. Atty., Susan Dolan Reed , Criminal District Attorney, San Antonio, TX, for Petitioner.

Jeanette Burney Sullivan , Michael David Robbins , Bexar County Assistant Public Defender, San Antonio, TX, for Respondent.


Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question in this juvenile delinquency proceeding is whether the trial court committed reversible error by submitting elements of an offense to the jury disjunctively, allowing for a non-unanimous verdict. We answer no and therefore reverse the court of appeals' judgment1 and render judgment for the State.

L.D.C., age 16, admitted...

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