Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Keith

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 1, 1989No. C14-88-624-CRPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CANNON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a denial of pretrial habeas corpus relief. Applicant, Kenneth Arthur Keith, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus on double jeopardy grounds after this court reversed a trial judge’s finding of involuntary manslaughter for insufficient evidence and remanded the case for consideration of the lesser-included offense of criminally negligent homicide. We deny relief.

In 1985, the applicant was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in a non-jury trial and assessed ten years’ confinement. On appeal in that cause, appellant contend ed that the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Greene v. MasseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Illinois v. VitaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Keith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  2. Bigley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  3. Bigley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  4. Keith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  5. Keith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989

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