Legal Opinion
Ward v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided February 19, 1997No. 06-95-00189-CRPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROSS, Justice.
Brent Ward appeals from his conviction of committing aggravated perjury before a grand jury. After a trial, a jury found him guilty and assessed punishment at three years’ imprisonment and a $5,000.00 fine.
Ward contends on appeal that his conviction should be reversed for the following reasons: 1) it violates his protection against double jeopardy; 2) the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict; 3) the allegedly peijurious statements were not material to the grand jury’s investigation; 4) the State failed to inform him that he was a suspect in the case before he…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. GaudinSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Lee v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2000
- Grant v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2000
- Gonzalez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2009
- Ward v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2003
- State v. RamosCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
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