Legal Opinion
Doan, Ex Parte Dustin
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 20, 2012No. PD-1547-10PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWomack, J.
in which MEYERS, PRICE, JOHNSON, COCHRAN, and ALCALÁ, JJ., joined.
The issue in this case is whether the doctrine of res judicata applies to bar a *206prosecution for a criminal offense in one county after a prosecutor in another county unsuccessfully attempted to revoke the defendant’s community supervision on the ground that he committed the same offense.
The Third Court of Appeals “h[e]ld that it does not, as [a] Brazos County [community-supervision] revocation hearing did not involve the same parties that the Travis County theft prosecution does.”1 We hold that the two prosecutions did involve…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Cobb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
- Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. AdkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- One Lot Emerald Cut Stones and One Ring v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by64 opinions
- Hacker, Anthony WayneCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
- Leonard, William ThomasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012
- Lake v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2017
- Rubalcado v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
- State v. WatersCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2018
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