Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Denton, Ex Parte William Charles

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 22, 2013No. AP-76,801, AP-76,802Published

1Concurrence

KELLER, P.J.,

filed a concurring opinion.

The present case involves an exceedingly complex double-jeopardy question, with only limited, neutral briefing from the State. Many of the significant issues and authorities relevant to the question are not addressed in the Court’s opinion. When complex issues are not subjected to adversarial testing, and when the relevant issues have not been sufficiently aired out, there is a danger in granting relief in anything other than a brief, unpublished opinion. I believe that that danger manifests itself in the Court’s opinion. Under the circumstances, I…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Missouri v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  4. Sanabria v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Bigon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008

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