Collins v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice MOSELEY.

Billy Max Collins has filed an attempted appeal from a ruling denying his petition seeking a “Bill of Review” of his 1997 criminal conviction for driving while intoxicated. He asked the trial court to enter an acquittal, based on his claim that double jeopardy should have prevented the second prosecution of the allegations against him after a 1995 mistrial due to a hung jury on the same charge.

Collins appealed from that conviction to the Twelfth Court of Appeals, which later dismissed his appeal on his request. The record provided to this Court also shows that…