Court Opinion

ID: 9682843
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 13:18:29.786508+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:42.533131
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OPINION ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
WHITE, Judge.
We granted appellant’s motion for rehearing in order to determine whether this Court erred on original submission when we decided appellant was not entitled to pre-trial relief under the doctrine of collateral estoppel.
On original submission, this Court held the Court of Appeals’ reversal of appellant’s voluntary manslaughter conviction rendered the trial court’s judgment no longer valid and final. The law is settled *730that “a conviction from which an appeal has been taken is not considered to be a final conviction until the conviction is affirmed” and the mandate of affirmance becomes final. Jones v. State, 711 S.W.2d 634 (Tex.Cr.App.1986). This Court decided in the instant case that without a final and valid judgment of conviction, appellant had no claim of collateral estoppel.
After further consideration of the record, we conclude this Court’s opinion on original submission was correct. Appellant’s motion for rehearing is denied.