Legal Opinion
Kelvin Washington v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided October 7, 2010No. 01-10-00589-CRPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LAURA CARTER HIGLEY, Justice.
Appellant, Kelvin Washington, appeals the trial court’s denial of his request for pretrial habeas corpus relief. See Tex. R.App. P. 31. Appellant identifies three issues in which he contends that the State’s prosecution of him violates his state and federal constitutional guarantees against double jeopardy.
We affirm.
Background
On January 8, 2007, four men broke into and stole merchandise from a jewelry store owned by Sohail Ahmed. Appellant was later charged with the offense of burglary related to the break in and theft.
On July 13, 2010, a jury was impaneled…
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