Ex parte Beeman

OPINION

Derrick James Beeman has filed an interlocutory appeal in this court alleging that the trial court erred in denying his pretrial writ of habeas corpus based on double jeopardy grounds. Appellant alleges that the State’s attempt to prosecute him for aggravated sexual assault after his acquittal for aggravated kidnapping violates his state constitutional right against double jeopardy. Because we find that the double jeopardy clause’s prohibition against multiple prosecutions as contained in Article I, Section 14 of the Texas Constitution does not provide greater protections than the…