Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 4/15/1981

Torres v. State

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614 S.W.2d 436
1981 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 968

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noting that “appellant filed a special plea of former jeopardy that was overruled by the court”
citing, inter alia , United States v. Scott , 437 U.S. 82 , 98, 98 S.Ct. 2187 , 57 L.Ed.2d 65 (1978)
citing, among other cases, Arizona v. Washington , 434 U.S. 497, 505, 98 S.Ct. 824, 830, 54 L.Ed.2d 717, 728 (1978)
once jeopardy attaches the defendant possesses a valued right to have his guilt or innocence determined before the first trier of fact
consent to mistrial can be expressed or implied “from the totality of circumstances attendant to a declaration of mistrial”
in exercising discretion whether to declare mistrial, trial court \must give adequate consideration to the defendant's double jeopardy right\

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Judges: Dally, W. C. Davis and Clinton

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