Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Watkins
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 3, 2002No. 1460-01, 1461-01PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.
in which MEYERS, PRICE, JOHNSON, and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.
In this case, we are asked to decide whether the doctrine of collateral estoppel *266applies in a subsequent prosecution of appellant for attempted capital murder or attempted murder of his wife’s lover, when a prior jury found that appellant killed his wife “in sudden passion” during the same transaction. We find that the doctrine of collateral estoppel does apply, though it does not preclude the State from prosecuting the charged offenses. Therefore, we affirm the decision of the Second Court of Appeals, which held that the State…
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