Ex parte Joe Anthony Valdez (Original)
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Applicant Joe Anthony Valdez was tried as a juvenile for committing felony murder with a deadly weapon, and convicted for which he received a fifteen year sentence. Applicant was committed to the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) until his eighteenth birthday and was then transferred to Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to complete his sentence. He was released from TDCJ on parole. His parole was later revoked for burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit second-degree assault, to which he pled nolo contendre and sentenced to sixteen years. Applicant filed an application for writ of habeas corpus, contending that TDCJ improperly denied him review for mandatory-supervision release based on his prior juvenile adjudication of delinquent conduct. Finding no error by the trial court, the Supreme Court affirmed.
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