Smith v. State

RUFFIN, Presiding Judge.

Tommy Lee Smith appeals the trial court’s denial of his plea of former jeopardy and motion to dismiss. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

“The appellate standard of review of [the] grant or denial of a double jeopardy plea ... is whether, after reviewing the trial court’s oral and written rulings as a whole, the trial court’s findings support its conclusion.”1 Viewed in this manner, the record shows that Smith was originally indicted for obstruction, theft by shoplifting, and four counts of theft by receiving. The State later filed an amended accusation setting forth…