Cervantes v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
BAIRD, Judge.
Appellant was charged in separate indictments with the offenses of attempted capital murder and aggravated robbery. The indictments were consolidated into a single trial. The jury found appellant guilty of both offenses and assessed punishment for each offense at ninety-nine years imprisonment. The trial court sentenced appellant to concurrent sentences.
On direct appeal, appellant raised two points of error arguing that the general verdict requirement of Tex.Code Crim.Proc. Ann. art. 37.07 and the Double Jeopardy Clause…
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2Cases cited20 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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