Florio v. State

OPINION

CANNON, Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of a pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus. Tex.Code CRim.PROc.Ann. art. 11.01, et seq. Appellant is presently under indictment for murder. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.02(a)(1), (2). In a pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus, appellant contended that his prior conviction for injury to a child barred the present prosecution under the doctrine of double jeopardy. U.S. Const, amend. V; Tex. Const, art. I, § 14; Tex.Code CRIm.PR0c.Ann. art. 1.10. The trial court denied the application after a hearing and appellant brings…