In re J.P. CA2/6

FACTS

On March 6, 2014, Police Officer Charles Venable responded to a dispatch call to go to a residence because of "a disturbance involving a juvenile." J.P.'s mother had called police. She told Venable that J.P. "was inside fighting with her husband."

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code. Venable entered the home and handcuffed J.P. He called for an ambulance because he "didn't feel like [J.P.] would transport well in a police car in his condition." While handcuffed J.P. made threats. Venable testified J.P. told the police officers that his brother, a member of the Eastside gang, "would hunt [them] down and kill [them]." Venable said that "the Eastside is one of the two major criminal gangs in the city." He knew who J.P.'s brother was and testified that "[J.P.'s brother is] definitely associated with the Eastside." The prosecutor asked, "[W]as there anything said about his cousins coming to get you as well, being from the Eastside?" Venable: "Yes." Venable was familiar with the people J.P. mentioned in the threats. He said, "I know there are numerous [P.] family members in the city." J.P. was taken to a hospital. His medical "lab work"…