Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Ex Parte William Herron, Jr.

May 23, 19901990 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 87

Summary

The Court held that the Fifth Amendment Double Jeopardy Clause does not bar the imposition of cumulative punishments for aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery when both offenses are prosecuted in a single trial, because the legislature may authorize such cumulative punishments. The State's motion for rehearing was granted and the applicant's request for relief was denied.