Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Kerry Larnez Rollerson, Appellant v. the State of Texas

June 27, 20072007 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 862

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the appellant's theft‑of‑firearm and felon‑in‑possession convictions in the Norrell burglary, finding the evidence legally and factually sufficient, and rejected the lower court's statement that the State could not seek a deadly‑weapon finding on retrial of the Hines burglary. The Court held that double jeopardy and collateral estoppel do not bar relitigation of the deadly‑weapon issue because the original factfinder had found for the State.