STATE v. RESTREPO

No. 10-93-182-CR.

878 S.W.2d 327 (1994)

The STATE of Texas, Appellant, v. Jorge Alberto RESTREPO, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

June 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., Harris County, Calvin A. Hartmann, Tammy Thomas, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, for appellant.

Frank Aguilar & Deborah Summers, Houston, for appellee.

Before THOMAS, C.J., and CUMMINGS and VANCE, JJ.


OPINION

THOMAS, Chief Justice.

The State appeals from an order quashing a murder indictment against Jorge Restrepo. The court concluded that double-jeopardy principles prevented the State from prosecuting Restrepo for murder due to a prior prosection for the same offense that ended in an acquittal. We will affirm.

Restrepo was indicted for murder. At his trial, the jury was given the options of finding him guilty of murder, guilty of voluntary manslaughter...

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