Legal Opinion

Watson v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 18, 1994No. 2-93-179-CRPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FARRIS, Justice.

A jury convicted Charles Lee Watson of possession with intent to deliver heroin of less than twenty-eight grams and possession with intent to deliver cocaine of less than twenty-eight grams and assessed his punishment, enhanced by prior felony convictions, at sixty-five years confinement for each offense. See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 481.112 (Vernon Supp.1994). On appeal, Watson complains his punishment violates the double jeopardy clauses of the constitutions, he cannot receive multiple convictions from a single charging instrument, and the jury charge was…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Alabama v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Garrett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Cervantes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Watson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  2. Watson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995

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