Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Watson

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 16, 2009No. PD-0294-08PublishedCited by 191 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · HolcombHolcomb, J.

in which KELLER, P.J., JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

In this case, we must determine whether (1) appellant’s prosecution for intoxication assault1 included as one of its elements the offense of failure to yield right-of-way; 2 (2) the offense of failure to yield *261right-of-way was thus a lesser-included offense of intoxication assault under this Court’s decision in Hall v. State, 225 S.W.3d 524 (Tex.Crim.App.2007); and (3) the prosecution for intoxication assault was therefore barred because he had already been punished for the offense of failure to yield…

3Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. United States v. DixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Grady v. CorbinSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007

4Cited by191 opinions

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  2. SWEED v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2011
  3. Rice v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2011
  4. McKithan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
  5. State of Texas v. Meru, MarkCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013

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