Legal Question in Traffic Law in Texas
Hello, I received two citations for expired inspection sticker in one week. Both became cases at the municipal court. I fixed the vehicle and was charged two $20 disposal fees. One case was disposed of, one was not. Is this double jeopardy? What is going on here? Thanks for any help you can offer. Andrew
1 Answer from Attorneys
The doctrine of double jeopardy applies to being punished twice or more for the same conduct (think incident rather than offense). In your situation, I don't think that doctrine applies. You committed an offense every time you operated a motor vehicle with an expired inspection sticker. You were ticket once, earlier in a week, and second later in the week. There may be a fairness argument that you could make to a prosecutor (if, for example, you got the vehicle inspected within a reasonable amount of time) but you are not being put in jeopardy twice for the same incident of conduct.
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