Barber v. State

BLEIL, Justice.

W.S. Barber, B.S. Barber, and Jean Brown appeal their convictions of engaging in organized criminal activity. We find the evidence insufficient to support the convictions and reverse.

Engaging in organized criminal activity is prohibited by Section 71.02, Tex. Penal Code Ann. (Vernon Supp.1982-1983). 1 It makes participation in combination with others, in a conspiracy to commit or in the commission of certain offenses, criminal conduct. Combination means five or more persons who collaborate in carrying on the criminal activity. Section 71.01(a), Tex. Penal Code Ann. (Vernon…