Legal Opinion
State v. Moreno
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 23, 2009No. PD-0821-08PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · KeaslerKeasler, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., join.
Before the State rested its case-in-chief, the trial judge granted Ernesto Moreno’s motion for a directed verdict. The State appealed the judge’s ruling, but the court of appeals dismissed the case for want of jurisdiction, holding that the State lacks the statutory authority to appeal judgments of acquittal.1 We affirm the court of appeals’s judgment.
Background
Ernesto Moreno was charged with possessing cocaine, weighing four grams or more but less than 200 grams. He pled not guilty, and a jury trial…
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