Legal Opinion
Breedlove v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 23, 1971No. 43866-43868PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DOUGLAS, Judge.
The appeals are from convictions in a joint trial for robbery by firearms. Each appellant was assessed a punishment of seventy-five years by the jury.
The sufficiency of the evidence to support the convictions is not challenged.
In their first ground of error, appellants contend that the United States District Court convictions rendered against them for the same robbery for which they were tried are a bar to the prosecution in these cases in the State court, and therefore, the convictions in the instant cases violate the double jeopardy provisions of the United States and…
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