Ex Parte Philip Daniel Taylor, Appellant

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed the lower court's decision that collateral estoppel bars the State from reprosecuting appellant for intoxication manslaughter concerning his second passenger, because the jury's acquittal in the first trial necessarily decided the ultimate issue of intoxication. The dissent argued that the jury's verdict does not necessarily find appellant was not intoxicated by alcohol and therefore collateral estoppel should not apply.