Legal Opinion

Ex Parte: Carl Allen Welch

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided May 3, 2021No. 05-19-01389-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

AFFIRMED and Opinion Filed May 3, 2021 S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-19-01389-CR EX PARTE CARL ALLEN WELCH On Appeal from the 196th District Court Hunt County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 31,927 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Burns and Justices Myers and Pedersen, III Opinion by Chief Justice Burns In Carl Allen Welch’s first trial for murder, the trial court declared a mistrial over appellant’s objection. Before a second trial could occur, appellant filed a pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus alleging a second prosecution for the same…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Arizona v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Crist v. BretzSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Kniatt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
  5. Torres v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002

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