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STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 14-96-00535-CR.

948 S.W.2d 39 (1997)

The STATE of Texas, Appellant, v. Alfred Edward JOHNSON, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

June 5, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Betty Barret Homminga, Houston, for appellant.

Calvin A. Hartman, William J. Delmore, III, Houston, for appellee.

Before MURPHY, C.J., and ANDERSON and HUDSON, JJ.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

The State of Texas appeals the trial court's order to dismiss with prejudice its pending prosecution of appellee, Alfred Edward Johnson, for criminal nonsupport of a child. The trial court found that this prosecution was barred by the Double Jeopardy Clauses in both the federal and state constitutions because appellee had previously been found guilty of contempt of court for failure to...

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