Lofton v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

This is a pretrial petition for habeas corpus relief seeking to bar a second trial for the same offense after the trial court granted a motion for new trial on concededly “unspecified grounds.” 1 The petition contends evidence was insufficient, and alleges that his “motion for new trial, based on newly available evidence, was thereafter granted[.]” Tr. 3, para. VI.

Pertinent procedural facts of the case were traced by the court of appeals in affirming the judgment of the trial court denying relief. Lofton v. State, 765…