Legal Opinion

State of Texas v. Wooldridge, Dwayne Heath

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 31, 2007No. PD-1482-05Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

No. PD-1482-05

THE STATE OF TEXAS

v.

DWAYNE HEATH WOOLDRIDGE, Appellee

On Discretionary Review of Case 11-03-00186-CR of the

Eleventh Court of Appeals,

Taylor County

Womack, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Keller, P.J., and Price, Johnson, Keasler, Hervey, and Cochran, JJ., joined. Meyers, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Holcomb, J., joined.

The issue in this case is whether the Double Jeopardy Clause would be violated by remanding this case to the trial court for a new hearing on sentencing. We hold that it would not. A jury found the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Sanabria v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Bullington v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Arizona v. RumseySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Monge v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  5. Castaneda v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2003

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