Ex parte Garza
Ex parte Garza
Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
Applicant was charged by indictment with illegal investment. Pursuant to Tex.Code Crim.Pro. Ann. Chap. 59, the State initiated civil forfeiture proceedings against Applicant' property. The State and Applicant entered into an agreed judgment, and the trial court ordered the property forfeited to the State. Applicant filed a pretrial application for a writ of habeas corpus contending that prosecution for this offense was barred by double jeopardy provisions because he had already been punished in the forfeiture proceeding. The trial court granted relief and the State appealed. The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s ruling. State v. Garza, 908 S.W.2d 60 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st] 1995).
. We refuse the petition for discretionary review in No. 1284-95, which corresponds to the number assigned to the prosecution for illegal investment, No. 667,904. No judgment has been entered in that cause. The habeas corpus judgment was entered under the cause number assigned to the habeas corpus petition, No. 94 — 22095. Therefore, the Court of Appeals’ judgment purporting to affirm an non-existing trial court judgment is a nullity.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Ex parte Genaro GARZA, Jr.
- Status
- Published