Legal Opinion
in Re Billy Earl Dacus
Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)
Decided April 4, 2011No. 02-10-00420-CVPublished
1Opinion of the Court
02-10-420-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-10-00420-CV
In re Billy Earl Dacus
RELATOR
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ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
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OPINION
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Relator Billy Earl Dacus seeks writs of mandamus and prohibition directing the Honorable Carmen Rivera-Worley of the 16th Judicial District Court of Denton County, Texas, to dismiss with prejudice the State’s 2008 indictment charging him with murder. The State is the real party in interest. Relator asserts that the prohibition against double jeopardy and the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act (IADA) precludes the State from…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Boykin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Ex Parte TorresCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- United States v. MauroSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Cuyler v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Escoe v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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