Legal Opinion
State v. Almendarez
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided December 10, 2009No. 13-09-282-CRPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice VELA.
Appellee, Eduardo Almendarez, was charged by information with two counts of animal cruelty for the neglect of two horses. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 42.09(a)(2) (Vernon Supp. 2009). Almen-darez filed a pre-trial motion to quash the information, contending that double jeopardy barred his prosecution. He urged that a justice court had, in a prior hearing, terminated his ownership of the horses and ordered him to pay $211.00 in restitution to Nueces County Animal Control for the expense incurred in seizing both horses. The trial court granted the motion to quash,…
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