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Ex Parte Ward

Citations

  • 964 S.W.2d 617
  • 1998 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 11
  • 1998 WL 18063

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  • holding that imposing a tax on someone who possessed marijuana was not punishment
  • imposition of controlled substance tax does not constitute punishment for double jeopardy purposes, even if a partial payment is made
  • “[I]n order for the principles of double jeopardy to be invoked, there must be a former jeopardy.”

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Judges: Holland, McCormick, Mansfield, Keller, Price, Meyers, Baird, Overstreet

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