Bryant v. Hobbs

After a jury trial, Appellant was found guilty of several drug-related charges. Appellant was sentenced to an aggregate term of 708 months’ imprisonment. The court of appeals affirmed. Appellant subsequently filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging the validity of two of his convictions and sentences. Specifically, Appellant argued that his convictions and sentences for the charges of possession of methamphetamine and manufacturing methamphetamine violated the constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy because one offense was a lesser-included offense of the other. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Appellant’s double jeopardy rights were not violated in this case because his convictions for the two charges did not arise from the same conduct.View "Bryant v. Hobbs" on Justia Law