Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Swanda Marie Lewis
Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)
Decided January 16, 2003No. 02-02-00126-CRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 2-02-126-CR
EX PARTE
SWANDA MARIE LEWIS
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FROM CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 1 OF TARRANT COUNTY
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OPINION
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INTRODUCTION
Swanda Marie Lewis appeals the denial of her application for a pretrial writ of habeas corpus. In one point, Lewis complains that the trial court erred in denying relief upon her claim of double jeopardy. Because we agree that a second trial is jeopardy-barred, we reverse and render.
II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Swanda Lewis met and married Kenneth Wiley in 1999. Marital problems quickly…
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