Legal Opinion

Ex parte Wilkinson

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 30, 1997No. 04-96-01011-CRPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARDBERGER, Chief Justice.

This is a pre-trial habeas corpus appeal of a trial court’s ruling that an administrative law judge’s finding of no probable cause did not operate as a bar to appellant’s subsequent prosecution for driving while intoxicated. We affirm.

Procedural History

Wilkinson was stopped while driving with an open container .on December 25, 1995. He was arrested and refused to take a breathalyzer test. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) duly notified him of the resulting license suspension. That action, however, was stayed when Wilkinson requested a hearing. At the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. United States v. Utah Construction & Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Neaves v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  4. Ex Parte Ayers, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1996
  5. Ex Parte Pipkin, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1996

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. Rodriguez, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)1999
  2. State v. Patrick, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1999

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