Sullivan v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “In the event the jury shall fail to agree, a mistrial shall be declared, the jury be discharged, and no jeopardy shall attach.”
• “In the event the jury shall fail to agree, a mistrial shall be declared, the jury be discharged, and no jeopardy shall attach.”
• third trial following two mistrials resulting from hung juries did not violate double jeopardy clause
• absent specific statutory or constitutional authority, trial court lacked power to dismiss after two hung juries except on motion of prosecutor
• permitting retrial after three mistrials, two due to deadlocked juries
• permitting retrial after three mistrials, two due to deadlocked juries

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ellis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-02-13· cited 46×
• People v. Sierb
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1996-11-22· cited 7×
• State v. Kyles
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1998-01-21· cited 3×
• State v. Fitzpatrick
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-03-16· cited 3×
• Ellis, Aristotle Degaulle v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-02-13
• David Lee Fenstermacher v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1999-07-15
• Archer Lee Evans v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2015-03-31
• Evans, Archer Lee
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-06-26
• Andrew Pete v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2024-03-21
• Andrew Pete v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2024-08-22