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Whitehead v. State

Citations

  • 286 S.W.2d 947
  • 162 Tex. Crim. 507
  • 1956 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1267

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  • “[P]endency of one indictment does not prevent the grand jury from returning subsequent indictments charging the same transaction.”
  • held, “The reversal awarded appellant a new trial, and he could then be tried on the original indictment or on the new indictment. The law against double jeopardy is not offended in the present conviction. (Citations omitted.

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Judges: Belcher

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