BLAKELY v. STATE

No. 389-221-CR.

814 S.W.2d 433 (1991)

Douglas BLAKELY, a/k/a General Douglas Blakely, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

July 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian Inglis, Austin, for appellant.

Ken Anderson, Dist. Atty., Georgetown, for appellee.

Before CARROLL, C.J., and ABOUSSIE and KIDD, JJ.


KIDD, Justice.

The double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution has been called a "veritable Sargasso Sea which could not fail to challenge the most intrepid judicial navigator."1 Today, we embark upon the task of deciding two causes of striking factual similarity wherein each appellant challenges his robbery conviction on the ground that his constitutional...

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