Legal Opinion
State v. Torres
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 30, 1991No. 087-90PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON STATE’S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
BAIRD, Judge.
Appellee, Raul Sergio Torres, was indicted for the felony offense of escape. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 38.03. The trial court dismissed his case for want of prosecution. The State reindicted appellee for the same offense. Appellee successfully challenged the indictment on double jeopardy grounds. The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s order dismissing the indictment. Torres v. State, 780 S.W.2d 513 (Tex.App.—Corpus Christi 1989). We granted both the State Prosecuting Attorney’s and the District Attorney’s petitions for…
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