Legal Opinion

Ex Parte George

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 29, 1995No. 578-94PublishedCited by 69 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*525 OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MEYERS, Judge.

When the State charged appellant by information with criminally negligent homicide, he filed a pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus, claiming that the prosecution was jeopardy barred by an unusual incident which occurred a few weeks earlier. At that time, appellant had entered a plea of not guilty to another information, also charging him with criminally negligent homicide, and had signed an instrument waiving his right to a jury trial. But the prosecuting attorney would not consent to the waiver, as is his right…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Serfass v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Crist v. BretzSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Goffney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  4. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  5. State v. TorresCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991

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3Cited by69 opinions

  1. Light v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  2. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  3. State v. MorenoCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2009
  4. State v. StanleyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
  5. Ex Parte WardCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998

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