Juvenile Law In the News
Houston Criminal Defense Attorney Carl Haggard represents juveniles and youthful offenders charged with crimes in Harris and surrounding counties.
Houston Criminal Defense Attorney Carl Haggard is a former Chief Prosecutor for the Juvenile Courts and understands from his experience as Chief Prosecutor how these courts are run. He turns that now to the benefit of our youthful offender clients who need experienced representation in running the juvenile court gauntlet.
Latest developments in Juvenile Law which may affect our juvenile case clientele:
The Juvenile Law Section raised over $7,000 in scholarship money at the Juvenile Law Institute. The scholarships will go to juveniles who have proven their capability of succeeding on probation or parole.
Check back for updates on the push to modify or do away with altogether the Texas Youth Commission next year.
Recent Juvenile cases in the Court of Criminal Appeals:
Writ challenging the voluntariness of a guilty plea:
After Simpson [Defendant] was placed on deferred, he filed an application for
writ of habeas corpus challenging the voluntariness of his guilty
plea. He argued that his lawyer was ineffective because Counsel did
not assert the defense that the trial court lacked jurisdiction
because the case’s transfer from juvenile court had arguably been
improper.
