John Anthony Saenz, Appellant v. the State of Texas

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals held that charging the appellant with three separate counts of capital murder for the same criminal transaction violated the Fifth Amendment's Double Jeopardy Clause, and affirmed the Court of Appeals' judgment that only a single capital murder conviction is permissible. The decision rests on a statutory construction and legislative history analysis of Penal Code §19.03(a)(7)(A).