Denton, Ex Parte William Charles

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NOS. AP-76,801 & AP-76,802

EX PARTE WILLIAM CHARLES DENTON, Applicant

ON APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

FROM HENDERSON COUNTY

Keller, P.J., filed a concurring opinion.

The present case involves an exceedingly complex double-jeopardy question, with only limited, neutral briefing from the State. Many of the significant issues and authorities relevant to the question are not addressed in the Court's opinion. When complex issues are not subjected to adversarial testing, and when the relevant issues have not been sufficiently aired out, there is a danger…