EX PARTE WHEELER

No. PD-1216-04.

203 S.W.3d 317 (2006)

EX PARTE KRISTIN HOPE WHEELER, Applicant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Delivered October 4, 2006.


OPINION

COCHRAN, Judge.

In this manslaughter/criminally negligent homicide trial, the visiting judge granted a defense-requested mistrial when the prosecutor asked the defendant's expert, "Are you aware that her [the defendant's] insurance carrier found her at fault?" The defendant then filed a habeas corpus application, claiming that a second trial was barred by federal and Texas constitutional double-jeopardy principles. The trial court denied relief....

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