EX PARTE WHEELER

No. 2491-01.

122 S.W.3d 170 (2003)

Ex Parte Kristin Hope WHEELER, Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

November 19, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry J. Loftin, Fort Worth, for Appellant.

Charles Mallin, Asst. DA, Fort Worth, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for State.

Before the court en banc.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant petitioned the district court for habeas corpus relief from a second trial of an indictment for manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. The first trial ended in a mistrial when the State asked the appellant's expert witness whether he was "aware that her insurance carrier found her at fault." She claimed that the constitutional prohibitions against putting a person twice in jeopardy1 would be violated...

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