Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Lewis

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 10, 2007No. PD-0577-05Published

1Opinion of the Court

219 S.W.3d 335 (2007)

Ex parte Swanda Marie LEWIS, Applicant.

No. PD-0577-05.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 10, 2007.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 2007.

Danny Burns, Fort Worth, TX, for Appellant.

Jeffrey L. Van Horn, First Asst. State's Attorney, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, TX, for State.

OPINION

KELLER, P.J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

In Oregon v. Kennedy, the United States Supreme Court held that the Fifth Amendment's Double Jeopardy Clause barred retrial after a defendant successfully moved for mistrial…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited113 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  5. Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997

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