Legal Opinion
Lopez v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 11, 2003No. 1080-02PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.
in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON and HOLCOMB, J.J., joined.
We are asked to decide whether a person’s offer to sell three kilos of cocaine in the morning and his possession of cocaine with the intent to deliver it to complete that same sale in the evening constitutes one offense or two.1 The court of appeals held that double jeopardy barred two separate convictions based upon the single sale of the single quantity of cocaine.2 We agree and therefore affirm the court of appeals.
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On the morning of October 14, 1997, appellant and Rose Maria Guzman contacted Gabe Barrera, an…
3Cases cited27 opinions
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- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Ex Parte LangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Ball v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Vick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999
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4Cited by156 opinions
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