Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Swanda Marie Lewis

Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)

Decided January 16, 2003No. 02-02-00126-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

EX PARTE SWADA MARIE LEWIS

COURT OF APPEALS

SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

FORT WORTH

NO. 2-02-126-CR

EX PARTE

SWANDA MARIE LEWIS

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FROM CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 1 OF TARRANT COUNTY

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OPINION

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INTRODUCTION

Swanda Marie Lewis appeals the denial of her application for a pretrial writ of habeas corpus. In one point, Lewis complains that the trial court erred in denying relief upon her claim of double jeopardy. Because we agree that a second trial is jeopardy-barred, we reverse and render.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Swanda Lewis met and married Kenneth Wiley in 1999.…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  2. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. United States v. DixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. Oregon v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. Dinkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995

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