Legal Opinion · Concurrence

State v. Lee

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 12, 2000No. 168-98Published

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

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Oregon v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. United States v. DinitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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