State v. Lee
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Concurrence
*927KEASLER, J.,
delivered a concurring opinion, in which McCORMICK, P.J. and KELLER, J., join.
Today the majority further muddles Texas double jeopardy law while clinging to an ill-conceived, historically unsound, imprecise precedent. Rather than abandoning Bauder v. State,1 the majority turns a blind eye to its holding and says that it does not apply to these facts. I agree that Lee should answer to the indictment, and that double jeopardy does not prohibit his retrial. I just do not see how the majority can justify its conclusion under the language of Bauder.
Regardless of whether Lee was…
2Cases cited61 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Oregon v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. DinitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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