Juvenile Law—The SCOTX Report

23-1028·Other

A juvenile court's finding under Family Code § 54.02(j)(4)(A) that it was not "practicable" for the State to proceed before an accused turned eighteen is not decided solely by whether probable cause existed before that birthday; other reasons beyond the State's control can support the finding.
Because the juvenile court's findings blended the two alternative grounds and relied on the later development of probable cause, the Court reversed the court of appeals' dismissal and remanded for a new transfer hearing.

25-0229·Petition For Review

In a discretionary transfer of a juvenile over eighteen under Family Code § 54.02(j)(4)(A), does "not practicable to proceed in juvenile court before the 18th birthday" mean the State could not reasonably begin and carry on the case, or does it look at the overall progression of the case?
Must the sufficiency review consider events after the juvenile's eighteenth birthday, given the juvenile court's retained jurisdiction under § 51.0412?

25-0792·Petition For Review

Whether a juvenile's signed incriminating statement is admissible under Family Code section 51.095 when law enforcement officers were within sight of the magistrate and juvenile during the magistrate's examination, outside a building that houses a jail, but could not hear the conversation.
Whether the court of appeals violated appellate standards of review by conducting its own de novo visual review of body-camera footage and substituting its judgment for the trial court's record-supported findings of historical fact.