Legal Opinion

Ex Parte: Dora Ahn

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)

Decided August 19, 2015No. 08-14-00082-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS ' No. 08-14-00082-CR ' Appeal from EX PARTE: DORA AHN, ' 346th District Court ' of El Paso County, Texas ' (TC# 20110D00574) OPINION Dora Ahn was charged with multiple counts of injury to a child. In this appeal, we are asked whether the State is barred by double jeopardy from prosecuting Ahn for a second time after a mistrial was declared in her first trial. The mistrial arose because of unexpected testimony elicited from a treating medical doctor by the State’s attorney. We affirm the trial court’s denial of Ahn’s Application for…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  2. Arizona v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Oregon v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Curry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  5. Ex Parte LewisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007

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