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Ex Parte Russell

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc
May 12, 1982
632 S.W.2d 596 (Tex. Crim. App. 1982)

Opinion

No. 66764.

May 12, 1982.

Appeal from the 161st Judicial District Court, Ector County, R. L. McKim, J.

Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION


This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to Art. 11.07, V.A.C.C.P.

The record reflects that the applicant was convicted in Cause Nos. B-12,088, C-12,189, and A-12,090, in the 161st, 244th, and 70th Judicial District Courts of Ector County for the offenses of aggravated rape, aggravated robbery, and possession of a controlled substance, respectively.

The petitioner contends that his conviction for aggravated robbery was obtained in violation of the carving doctrine because it and the conviction for aggravated rape were obtained on the same evidence of aggravation.

This Court abandoned the carving doctrine in Ex parte McWilliams, (64,508, delivered May 12, 1982). To determine the double jeopardy implications of successive prosecutions for offenses arising out of a single criminal transaction we now apply the offense defining test set forth in Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299, 52 S.Ct. 180, 76 L.Ed. 306 (1932).

It is clear that aggravated rape and aggravated robbery are separate and distinct offenses under the Blockburger test. See V.A.C.S. Penal Code, Secs. 21.03 and 29.03. Prosecution and conviction of both offenses, even though they have resulted from a single criminal transaction, do not violate the Double Jeopardy clauses of the Texas or Federal Constitutions.

Since there is no double jeopardy violation in the conviction herein, habeas corpus relief will be denied.

It is so ordered.

ONION, P. J., and ROBERTS and TEAGUE, JJ., dissent, as they did in Ex parte McWilliams, (Tex.Cr.App. No. 64,508 May 12, 1982) (Roberts, J., dissenting).


For the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion in Ex parte Stephen McWilliams, No. 64,508, this day decided, I respectfully dissent.


Summaries of

Ex Parte Russell

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc
May 12, 1982
632 S.W.2d 596 (Tex. Crim. App. 1982)
Case details for

Ex Parte Russell

Case Details

Full title:Ex parte Larry Dale RUSSELL

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc

Date published: May 12, 1982

Citations

632 S.W.2d 596 (Tex. Crim. App. 1982)

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