Harrison v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Appellant pled guilty to hindering apprehension. See V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 38.05. The trial court assessed punishment at ten days’ confinement and a $500.00 fine. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction, finding that the trial court did not err in denying appellant’s plea of double jeopardy because the “manifest necessity” for the mistrial implicitly found by the trial court was within the trial court’s discretion. Harrison v. State, 721 S.W.2d 904 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1986). This Court granted appellant’s petition…