Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Todd Wesley REESE
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided February 25, 2000No. 03-99-00199-CRPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MACK KIDD, Justice.
Todd Wesley Reese was convicted of contempt of court for violating a protective order. Reese was subsequently indicted on a stalking charge arising, in part, out of the same incident. Reese filed a pretrial writ of habeas corpus contending that prosecution of the stalking charge was barred by double jeopardy. The trial court denied relief and Reese brings this appeal. We will affirm.
BACKGROUND
The State of Texas brought a motion for contempt against Reese for violating a protective order obtained on behalf of Carless Grays, Reese’s former fiancee. The protective order…
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- United States v. HalperSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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- Parrish v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
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