By Steven Kreytak
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Friday, May 02, 2008

An appeals court has revived the criminal case against a man accused of delivering an eye-crushing sucker punch to a "Real World: Austin" cast member near Sixth Street in 2005, an incident later televised on MTV.

The 3rd Court of Appeals in Austin reversed Thursday a ruling made by state District Judge Charlie Baird a year ago that barred prosecutors from pursuing aggravated assault charges against Ryan Getman, 31.

Baird had ruled that a judge in Nueces County, which includes Getman's hometown of Corpus Christi, had previously considered the Travis County assault accusations on a motion to revoke Getman's probation in an unrelated theft case. Baird ruled last year that the judge in Nueces County found the state failed to prove that Getman committed the Travis County assault and therefore Getman should not face the charge again under the legal doctrine of collateral estoppel.

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