Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Jewel
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 14, 1976No. 51692PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ONION, Presiding Judge.
This is an application for writ of habeas corpus brought under the provisions of Article 11.07, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P. See Ex parte Young, 418 S.W.2d 824 (Tex.Cr.App. 1967).
The petitioner contends he has been placed in double jeopardy by being convicted for murder with malice and robbery by assault with a firearm growing out of the same transaction upon the same victim, Fred Wright.
The record reflects that on August 26, 1970, in Cause No. 28,779 in the 59th District Court of Grayson County the petitioner was convicted by a jury of murder with malice aforethought of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Blackledge v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Robinson v. NeilSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Ex Parte BagleyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Newton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- Commonwealth v. SparrowSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- State v. TorresCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- People v. WilderMichigan Supreme Court · 1981
- State v. ContrerasNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1995
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