State v. Solar

OPINION

CAYCE, Chief Justice.

In this consolidated appeal, the State of Texas complains of trial court orders granting Luis Adalberto Solar’s and Fideneia Ur-tado’s applications for writ of habeas corpus. Solar and Urtado contended that their criminal prosecutions for aggravated possession of cocaine are barred under double jeopardy principles because they had previously been parties to a civil in rem forfeiture proceeding. We reverse the trial court’s orders and remand the cases for further proceedings because we find that the civil forfeiture and criminal prosecutions are based on separate…