QUESTION
How long after a hung jury due to a deadlock dose the date of Texas have to retrial the case?
Asked on Dec 24th, 2022 on Criminal Law - Texas
More details to this question:
In Nov of 2019 I went to trial by jury that resulted in a hung jury 5-7" an Allen charge was issued with no change. My attorney at the time ask the court to move for a mistrial and the Judge granted it and placed the case back on the Docket. Forward to June 2022 a warrant was issued for failure to appear for a court date I was unaware of.
1 ANSWER
The State is free to bring charges for as long as the statute of limitations related to the charge remains open. For felony charges that is 5 years. You can find the relevant period here:
Answered on Jan 02nd, 2023 at 12:52 PM