Bradley v. State

ORDER ON JURISDICTION

We have for our consideration two appeals from county court where questions of great public importance were certified and must determine whether to exercise our discretionary jurisdiction. For the reasons discussed below, we accept jurisdiction over one of the appeals but reject it as to the other.

In case number 93-286, nineteen defendants moved to dismiss unspecified criminal charges on double jeopardy grounds. Each defendant showed that he or she entered a plea and paid a fine for one or more civil traffic infractions involving the same conduct on which criminal charges…