Spradling v. State

The offense is failure to stop and render aid under Article 6701d, §§ 38 and 40, V.A. C.S. At once appellant’s vehicle struck and killed two persons, and he has been twice convicted. In holding that appellant committed two distinct offenses and thus there was no double jeopardy problem, the court of appeals relied on part One of the “landmark case” of Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299, 52 S.Ct. 180, 76 L.Ed. 306 (1932). Spradling v. State (Tex.App.—Beaumont No. 09-82-158-CR, September 7, 1983).1

Part One of Blockburger addressed a contention that “two sales charged in the second and…