Opinion
No. 11-07-00030-CR
02-14-2013
STATE OF TEXAS, Appellant v. HARVILL BLACKSHERE, Appellee
On Appeal from the 35th District Court
Brown County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. CR17-488
MEMORANDUM OPINION ON REMAND
On original submission, this court set aside the order of the trial court and remanded the cause for further proceedings. The Court of Criminal Appeals granted the petition for discretionary review filed by Harvill Blackshere, reversed the judgment of this court, and remanded the cause to this court for further proceedings not inconsistent with its opinion. State v. Blackshere, 344 S.W.3d 400 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011). In accordance with the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
As noted by the Court of Criminal Appeals, the State was not authorized to appeal the trial court's order granting the motion to suppress because the motion was granted after jeopardy had attached. Id. at 404; see TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 44.01(a)(5) (West Supp. 2012). The Court of Criminal Appeals held that "the trial court's actions were functionally an acquittal for purposes of double jeopardy." 344 S.W.3d at 409. It is well settled that an acquittal, even if erroneous, bars further prosecution and cannot be reviewed on appeal. Sanabria v. United States, 437 U.S. 54, 69 (1978); United States v. Sisson, 399 U.S. 267, 289 (1970). Consequently, we must dismiss the State's appeal.
The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM Do not publish. See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b). Panel consists of: Wright, C.J.,
McCall, J., and Willson, J.