Legal Opinion

Haight v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)

Decided January 22, 2003No. 04-01-00781-CRPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

KAREN ANGELINI, Justice.

Charles Haight appeals his convictions on three indictments of official oppression, Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 39.03(a), 1 all arising from the same events. Haight argues that his actions constitute only one offense, and that convicting and punishing him for three offenses subjected him to double jeopardy. Haight also challenges the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence. Because we find that Haight was subjected to double jeopardy, we reverse and render judgment of acquittal on two of Haight’s convictions and affirm the remainder of the judgment of the…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  5. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Purnell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2003
  2. Haight v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
  3. Miles v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2008
  4. Darin Ross and Wife, Kimberly Ross v. Benjamin Guerra, M.D., Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2002
  5. Davin Edward Fassauer v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2010

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