Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Jones v. State of Texas, PD-0499-09
In a prosecution of defendant for making false statements to obtain property or credit, in connection with application for two loans, court of appeals' holding that the constitutional protection against double jeopardy limits the state to obtaining one conviction per loan application is reversed and remanded as each "materially false or misleading statement" constitutes a separate offense, as the appropriate unit of prosecution is the "materially false or misleading statement," not the loan application.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/29/2010
- Published 09/29/2010
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- Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas