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796 S.W.2d 183

Diaz v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided September 19, 1990

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1990-09-19

Relies on Torrez Diaz v. State

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Decided 1990-09-19

How this case has been cited

Cited by 82 later decisions — most recently March 2014 · most notably Verburgt v. Dorner (1998), Lyon v. State (1994)

82 state decisions

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¶2In rejecting appellant's jeopardy claim the court of appeals found that "where, as in the instant case, the state's charge of possession with intent to deliver and delivery required proof of two separate quantities of cocaine, there can be no double jeopardy issue because the statute allows prosecution for each instance." Diaz v. State,762 S.W.2d 701 (Tex.Cr.App. 1988).

¶3Without intimating what our own determination might be, I would grant the petition to consider this novel and significant question of jeopardy law.

¶4Because the majority does not, I respectfully dissent.

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