Ex Parte Watson
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Concurrence
COCHRAN, J.,
filed a concurring opinion.
I join the opinion of the Court. I add these comments only to emphasize that in Hall v. State1 we did not resurrect, for purposes of Texas constitutional law, the discredited “same conduct” test of Grady v. Corbin2 that briefly defined federal dou*267ble jeopardy principles.3
Like the United States Supreme Court, *268we continue to adhere to the “same elements” or “Bloekburger” test4 Thus, “in consecutive prosecution double jeopardy analysis, the Bloekburger test is to be applied to the statutory elements underlying each indictment, or count, not to the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- United States v. DixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Grady v. CorbinSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Albernaz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Illinois v. VitaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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