Garza v. State - CCA
Double jeopardy
was violated where the defendant received a life sentence
for a murder conviction and the death penalty for a capital murder,
where both arose out of the same conduct. The same conduct was punished twice. He was punished once for the
"basic conduct" of murder and a second time for the "same conduct plus
more" of capital murder. The Court retained the conviction for the more
serious offense of capital murder and set aside the murder conviction.
Garza v. State, AP-75,217 .