Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Pipkin
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided December 4, 1996No. 07-96-0250-CRPublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Justice.
James Gordon Pipkin, appellant, appeals from an order overruling his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Furthermore, his sole point of error involves whether the State was collaterally estopped from trying him for the criminal offense of driving while intoxicated after it unsuccessfully attempted to suspend his license pursuant to § 524 of the Texas Transportation Code. We overrule the point and affirm.
Background
The facts are relatively undisputed. Appellant is currently charged, under § 49.04 of the Texas Penal Code, with operating a motor vehicle “in a public place, to-wit:…
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3Cited by43 opinions
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