Reynaldo Carrillo, Jr., Petitioner v. the State of Texas, Respondent

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that the trial court erred by amending the charges against Reynaldo Carrillo after trial began, violating due‑process notice requirements, and that the case was not moot despite the juvenile court's later vacatur, the satisfaction of the sentence, and Carrillo reaching age 17. The Court reversed the lower courts, vacated the delinquency judgment and dismissed the appeal. Justice Calvert, in a concurring opinion, agreed with the majority on the first two mootness points but would have found the case moot on the basis of sentence satisfaction.