Legal Opinion
Ramirez v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided December 14, 1995No. 01-95-00636-CRPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HEDGES, Justice.
Robert Daniel Ramirez appeals the denial of his application for writ of habeas corpus based on double jeopardy. He had asserted that a civil forfeiture judgment against him constituted punishment, and therefore any subsequent prosecution for drug offenses was barred by double jeopardy. We affirm.
Facts
Following his arrest on August 12, 1993, Ramirez was indicted for four felony drug offenses. 1 The State then filed civil forfei ture proceedings under Chapter 59 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. On September 9, 1994, an agreed judgment was entered decreeing that,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. HalperSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- United States v. Renato TorresCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Van Hoang v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
- Fant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994
- United States v. WalshDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 1995
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Ex Parte Culver, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1996
- Ex Parte Gutierrez, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1999
- Alan Lynn Richardson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1997
- Ali Yazdchi v. State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2005
- Ex Parte Ariza, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1996
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