Legal Opinion
Coleman v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided January 29, 1996No. 01-95-00609-CRPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
O’CONNOR, Justice.
We withdraw our prior opinion and substitute the following in its place.
The issue is whether the State may try a defendant twice for stealing the same proper*41ty on the same date, first from an unnamed owner, and later from a named owner. We hold it may not, and reverse.
Summary of facts
The appellant, Karen Coleman, was indicted twice for theft of a tiller and a lawn mower. The first indictment alleged the appellant committed the offense on or about April 1, 1992, in Harris County, Texas, and said the owner of the property was “unknown to the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Matson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Parrish v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
- Van Hoang v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
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3Cited by12 opinions
- McDuff v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1997
- Ex Parte ColemanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Ward v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1997
- Ex parte PadronCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Manrique v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1997
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