Collins v. State

OPINION

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by defendant Collins from denial of a pretrial writ of habeas corpus. Defendant asserts the State is collaterally estopped from prosecuting him because the Board of Pardons and Paroles had previously determined that there was insufficient evidence to establish that defendant had committed the offense.

Defendant was indicted February 12, 1987, for the felony offense of murder. The indictment alleged that defendant had caused the death of William Jones by shooting him in the head on or around November 1, 1986. At the time the indictment was…